#7E6E16#7E6E16

#7E6E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.103 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E6E16
RGB	rgb(126, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, -3.34, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 47.32, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% -0.0146 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.103 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3257, 15.6462, 3.0243)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E6E16 #16267E

analogous

#7E3A16 #7E6E16 #5A7E16

triadic

#7E6E16 #167E6E #6E167E

tetradic

#7E6E16 #167E3A #16267E #7E165A

square

#7E6E16 #167E3A #16267E #7E165A

split-complementary

#7E6E16 #165A7E #3A167E

monochromatic

#1A1705 #4A410D #7E6E16 #B29B1F #DBC133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#7E6E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#7E6E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E6E16

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E6E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E6E16	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e6e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.103 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7975c',
    500: '#7e6e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e6e16;
$custom-light: #a7975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e6e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53774,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E6E16

secondary

#3D4FB3

accent

#56ED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E6E16

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

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