#7E7716#7E7716

#7E7716 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.111 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7716
RGB	rgb(126, 119, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, -8.40, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 50.22, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0289 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.111 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3465, 17.6878, 3.3646)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7716 #161D7E

analogous

#7E4316 #7E7716 #517E16

triadic

#7E7716 #167E77 #77167E

tetradic

#7E7716 #167E43 #161D7E #7E1651

square

#7E7716 #167E43 #161D7E #7E1651

split-complementary

#7E7716 #16517E #43167E

monochromatic

#1A1905 #4A460D #7E7716 #B2A81F #DBD033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#7E7716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#7E7716 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7716

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7716	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 119, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.111 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79d5d',
    500: '#7e7716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7716;
$custom-light: #a79d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55847,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7716

secondary

#3D45B3

accent

#47ED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7716

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

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