#7E6517#7E6517

#7E6517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.097 H 89.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E6517
RGB	rgb(126, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 81.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 1.90, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 44.60, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.0003 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.097 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4133, 13.8057, 2.7687)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E6517 #17307E

analogous

#7E3217 #7E6517 #647E17

triadic

#7E6517 #177E65 #65177E

tetradic

#7E6517 #177E32 #17307E #7E1764

square

#7E6517 #177E32 #17307E #7E1764

split-complementary

#7E6517 #17647E #32177E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #4A3C0E #7E6517 #B28E20 #DAB235

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#7E6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#7E6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E6517

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E6517	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#895C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.097 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7905b',
    500: '#7e6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e6517;
$custom-light: #a7905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51758,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E6517

secondary

#3E5AB3

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FAF8F5

surface

#F4F0E9

border

#CECBC5

text

#100C04

muted

#7F7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E6517

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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