#7E7217#7E7217

#7E7217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.106 H 101.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7217
RGB	rgb(126, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 81.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, -5.57, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 48.22, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0208 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.106 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7769, 16.5328, 3.2232)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7217 #17237E

analogous

#7E3F17 #7E7217 #577E17

triadic

#7E7217 #177E72 #72177E

tetradic

#7E7217 #177E3F #17237E #7E1757

square

#7E7217 #177E3F #17237E #7E1757

split-complementary

#7E7217 #17577E #3F177E

monochromatic

#1A1705 #4A430E #7E7217 #B2A120 #DAC735

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#7E7217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#7E7217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7217

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7217	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.106 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79a5d',
    500: '#7e7217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7217;
$custom-light: #a79a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54695,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7217

secondary

#3E4CB3

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7217

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

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