#7E7516#7E7516

#7E7516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.109 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7516
RGB	rgb(126, 117, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.53, -7.29, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.53, 49.53, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% -0.0257 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.109 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1110, 17.2168, 3.2861)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7516 #161F7E

analogous

#7E4116 #7E7516 #537E16

triadic

#7E7516 #167E75 #75167E

tetradic

#7E7516 #167E41 #161F7E #7E1653

square

#7E7516 #167E41 #161F7E #7E1653

split-complementary

#7E7516 #16537E #41167E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #4A450D #7E7516 #B2A51F #DBCD33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#7E7516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#7E7516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7516

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7516	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83751E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 117, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.109 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79c5d',
    500: '#7e7516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7516;
$custom-light: #a79c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55382,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7516

secondary

#3D47B3

accent

#4AED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7516

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

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