#7E7517#7E7517

#7E7517 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	#7E7517
RGB	rgb(126, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 81.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, -7.25, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 49.21, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% -0.0255 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.109 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1208, 17.2207, 3.3379)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7517 #17207E

analogous

#7E4217 #7E7517 #547E17

triadic

#7E7517 #177E75 #75177E

tetradic

#7E7517 #177E42 #17207E #7E1754

square

#7E7517 #177E42 #17207E #7E1754

split-complementary

#7E7517 #17547E #42177E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #4A450E #7E7517 #B2A520 #DACC35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#7E7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#7E7517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7517

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7517	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)

#83751F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.109 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79c5e',
    500: '#7e7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7517;
$custom-light: #a79c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55388,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7517

secondary

#3E48B3

accent

#4BEC3C

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7517

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

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