#7E7231#7E7231

#7E7231 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.087 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7231
RGB	rgb(126, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.1%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, -4.05, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 37.19, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% -0.0135 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.087 99)
XYZ	xyz(15.1765, 16.6926, 5.3277)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7231 #313D7E

analogous

#7E4C31 #7E7231 #647E31

triadic

#7E7231 #317E72 #72317E

tetradic

#7E7231 #317E4C #313D7E #7E3164

square

#7E7231 #317E4C #313D7E #7E3164

split-complementary

#7E7231 #31647E #4C317E

monochromatic

#26220F #524A20 #7E7231 #AA9A42 #C3B566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#7E7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#7E7231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7231

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7231	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.087 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a69a6c',
    500: '#7e7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7231;
$custom-light: #a69a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.649,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54923,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.16692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7231

secondary

#606CAB

accent

#68D454

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100E07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7231

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

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