#7E6C16#7E6C16

#7E6C16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.102 H 96.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E6C16
RGB	rgb(126, 108, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, -2.19, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 46.74, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.32% -0.0114 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(53.32% 0.102 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1123, 15.2195, 2.9532)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E6C16 #16287E

analogous

#7E3816 #7E6C16 #5C7E16

triadic

#7E6C16 #167E6C #6C167E

tetradic

#7E6C16 #167E38 #16287E #7E165C

square

#7E6C16 #167E38 #16287E #7E165C

split-complementary

#7E6C16 #165C7E #38167E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #4A3F0D #7E6C16 #B2991F #DBBE33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#7E6C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#7E6C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E6C16

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E6C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E6C16	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89635C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e6c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 108, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.102 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7955c',
    500: '#7e6c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e6c16;
$custom-light: #a7955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e6c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5332,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E6C16

secondary

#3D51B3

accent

#5AED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F1E9

border

#CECBC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E6C16

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

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