#7E8517#7E8517

#7E8517 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.125 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8517
RGB	rgb(126, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -15.96, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 55.19, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0498 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.125 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1469, 21.2729, 4.0133)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8517 #1E1785

analogous

#855517 #7E8517 #478517

triadic

#7E8517 #177E85 #85177E

tetradic

#7E8517 #178555 #1E1785 #851747

square

#7E8517 #178555 #1E1785 #851747

split-complementary

#7E8517 #174785 #551785

monochromatic

#1B1D05 #4D510E #7E8517 #AFB920 #D2DD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#7E8517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#7E8517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8517

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8517	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#877C71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.125 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7a860',
    500: '#7e8517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8517;
$custom-light: #a7a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.818,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5915,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8517

secondary

#473FB9

accent

#3BED46

background

#FAFAF5

surface

#F4F4EA

border

#CECEC6

text

#100F05

muted

#7F7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8517

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

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