#7E742E#7E742E

#7E742E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.091 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E742E
RGB	rgb(126, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 63.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, -5.41, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 39.43, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% -0.0178 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.091 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3433, 17.1243, 5.0813)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E742E #2E387E

analogous

#7E4C2E #7E742E #607E2E

triadic

#7E742E #2E7E74 #742E7E

tetradic

#7E742E #2E7E4C #2E387E #7E2E60

square

#7E742E #2E7E4C #2E387E #7E2E60

split-complementary

#7E742E #2E607E #4C2E7E

monochromatic

#24210D #514B1E #7E742E #AB9D3E #C5B961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#7E742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#7E742E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E742E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E742E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#876C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.091 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a69b6a',
    500: '#7e742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e742e;
$custom-light: #a69b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 46.512,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55346,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E742E

secondary

#5C66AC

accent

#62D652

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100E06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E742E

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

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