#7E7717#7E7717

#7E7717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.111 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7717
RGB	rgb(126, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 81.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, -8.37, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 49.90, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0287 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.111 105)
XYZ	xyz(15.3563, 17.6918, 3.4164)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7717 #171E7E

analogous

#7E4417 #7E7717 #527E17

triadic

#7E7717 #177E77 #77177E

tetradic

#7E7717 #177E44 #171E7E #7E1752

square

#7E7717 #177E44 #171E7E #7E1752

split-complementary

#7E7717 #17527E #44177E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #4A460E #7E7717 #B2A820 #DACF35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#7E7717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#7E7717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E7717

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E7717	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)

#85771F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#886E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.111 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79d5e',
    500: '#7e7717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7717;
$custom-light: #a79d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55852,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.17691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7717

secondary

#3E46B3

accent

#48EC3C

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7717

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

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