#7E7311#7E7311

#7E7311 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.110 H 102.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7311
RGB	rgb(126, 115, 17)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(54, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 86.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, -6.34, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 50.35, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% -0.0235 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.11 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8368, 16.7382, 2.9795)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7311 #111C7E

analogous

#7E3C11 #7E7311 #527E11

triadic

#7E7311 #117E73 #73117E

tetradic

#7E7311 #117E3C #111C7E #7E1152

square

#7E7311 #117E3C #111C7E #7E1152

split-complementary

#7E7311 #11527E #3C117E

monochromatic

#1B1904 #48420A #7E7311 #B4A418 #E2CF27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#7E7311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#7E7311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7311

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7311	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 115, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.110 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79a5b',
    500: '#7e7311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7311;
$custom-light: #a79a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54895,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7311

secondary

#3743B4

accent

#48F335

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100E04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7311

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

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