#7E7617#7E7617

#7E7617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.110 H 104.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7617
RGB	rgb(126, 118, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(55, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 81.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, -7.81, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 49.55, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% -0.0271 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.11 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2380, 17.4550, 3.3769)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7617 #171F7E

analogous

#7E4317 #7E7617 #537E17

triadic

#7E7617 #177E76 #76177E

tetradic

#7E7617 #177E43 #171F7E #7E1753

square

#7E7617 #177E43 #171F7E #7E1753

split-complementary

#7E7617 #17537E #43177E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #4A460E #7E7617 #B2A620 #DACD35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#7E7617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#7E7617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7617

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7617	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84761F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 118, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.110 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79d5e',
    500: '#7e7617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7617;
$custom-light: #a79d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5562,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7617

secondary

#3E47B3

accent

#4AEC3C

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7617

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

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