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#76723c

a dark, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Dark Olive Green

Token name suggestion: Dusk Honey

RGB
118, 114, 60
HSL
56°, 33%, 35%
CMYK
0, 3, 49, 54
Luminance
0.1621

#76723c is a dark soft yellow, 56° on the wheel and 24/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.95:1). As text it scores 4.95:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Olive Green, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(56 33% 35%)rgb(118 114 60)Base step 800AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #76723c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#76723c
Hue
56°
yellow
Saturation
33%
soft
Lightness
35%
dark
Brightness
46%
HSV value
Perceived
43%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1621
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
24/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
4.95:1
Closest name
Dark Olive Green
ΔE2000 9.3
Chroma
31.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.543
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 17.3
Web-safe
#666633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue56° of 360°
Saturation33%
Lightness35%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #76723c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool24% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green74%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#76723c
HEX (8-digit)#76723cff
RGBrgb(118, 114, 60)
RGBArgba(118, 114, 60, 1)
HSLhsl(56, 33%, 35%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 49%, 46%)
HWBhwb(56 24% 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3%, 49%, 54%)
LABlab(47.3 -6.7 30.3)
LCHlch(47.3 31.0 102.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.543 0.075 104.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(14.30, 16.21, 6.65)
Decimal7762492
Display P3color(display-p3 0.463 0.447 0.235)
Web-safe#666633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #76723c;
background-color: #76723c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #76723c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#76723c] bg-[#76723c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #76723c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.463, green: 0.447, blue: 0.235)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.463, green: 0.447, blue: 0.235, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#76723C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF76723C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF76723C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(60, 114, 118)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(118, 114, 60)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(118, 114, 60)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 118, 114, 60)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4627f, 0.4471f, 0.2353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{118,114,60}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #76723c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #76723c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#55522B, #EAE9D6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #76723c h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F9F5;
  --brand-100: #F4F3EC;
  --brand-200: #E7E6D4;
  --brand-300: #D9D7B5;
  --brand-400: #C6C38F;
  --brand-500: #B3AE6A;
  --brand-600: #A29D52;
  --brand-700: #878345;
  --brand-800: #76723c;
  --brand-900: #504D2B;
  --brand-950: #32301B;
  --brand: #76723c;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF5;
  --brand-border: #E4E2C9;
  --brand-hover: #5E5B30;
  --brand-pressed: #474424;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242314;
    --brand-ink: #EAE9D6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F9F5',
        100: '#F4F3EC',
        200: '#E7E6D4',
        300: '#D9D7B5',
        400: '#C6C38F',
        500: '#B3AE6A',
        600: '#A29D52',
        700: '#878345',
        800: '#76723c',
        900: '#504D2B',
        950: '#32301B',
        DEFAULT: '#76723c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F9F5,
  '100': #F4F3EC,
  '200': #E7E6D4,
  '300': #D9D7B5,
  '400': #C6C38F,
  '500': #B3AE6A,
  '600': #A29D52,
  '700': #878345,
  '800': #76723c,
  '900': #504D2B,
  '950': #32301B,
);
$brand-base: #76723c;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F9F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F3EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7E6D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D9D7B5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C6C38F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B3AE6A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A29D52", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#878345", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#76723c", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#504D2B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#32301B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #76723c · 4.95:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.95:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.24:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #76723c as text scores 4.95:1 on white and 4.24:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F6F6EE at 4.56:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#76723c · 4.95:1
AA on whitealready passes
#76723c
The quick fox
#5B582E · 7.29:1
AAA on white−8% L
#5B582E
The quick fox
#7D793F · 4.68:1
AA on black+2% L
#7D793F
The quick fox
#9F9951 · 7.15:1
AAA on black+12% L
#9F9951

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #76723C is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#76723c on white: 4.95:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#76723c on black: 4.24:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #76723c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #76723c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.95:1AaAa
Slate 504.73:1AaAa
Slate 1004.52:1AaAa
Slate 2004.02:1AaAa
Slate 3003.33:1AaAa
Slate 4001.93:1AaAa
Slate 5001.04:1AaAa
Slate 6001.53:1AaAa
Slate 7002.09:1AaAa
Slate 8002.96:1AaAa
Slate 9003.61:1AaAa
Black4.24:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7A6F37
deuteranopia · #7C713E
tritanopia · #7D6C65

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #76723c is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F9F5
#F4F3EC
#E7E6D4
#D9D7B5
#C6C38F
#B3AE6A
#A29D52
#878345
#76723c
#504D2B
#32301B
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F9F9F5Darkest = 950 · #32301BText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.019 104.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.030 104.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.045 104.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.058 104.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.069 104.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.075 104.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.075 104.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.070 104.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.063 104.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.052 104.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.041 104.9);
}

Colors that work with #76723c

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAFAF5
Tinted page background
Border#E4E2C9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#98934D
Captions on the surface
Accent#384D7A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#55522B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6F6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242314
Dark-mode background
Hover#5E5B30
One step down in lightness
Pressed#474424
Two steps down
Disabled#A9A679
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#8D8839
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #76723c

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight65/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#3C4076
Analogous left#76553C
Analogous right#5D763C
Split-complement 1#3C5D76
Split-complement 2#553C76
Triadic 1#3C7672
Triadic 2#723C76
Tetradic#3C7655
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°56°

#76723c sits at 56°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red46.3%
Green44.7%
Blue23.5%
R · 0–255
118
0x76
G · 0–255
114
0x72
B · 0–255
60
0x3c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta3.4%
Yellow49.2%
Key (black)53.7%

Total ink coverage is 106%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#76723c text on a black background

contrast 4.24:1

Card sample

#76723c text on a white background

contrast 4.95:1

Card sample

#76723c on grey

4.52:1

#76723c on its own surface

4.73:1

#76723c on its dark surface

3.20:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #76723c;
Background color
Panel with #76723c background
background-color: #76723c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #76723c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(118, 114, 60, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(118, 114, 60, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #76723c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #76723c, #53763C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #76723c, #45763C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #76723c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #76723c;
caret-color: #76723c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #76723c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6F6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #76723c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#76723c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #76723c over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(118, 114, 60, 0.5)
rgb(118 114 60 / 50%)
#76723c80
hsl(56 33% 35% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #76723c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#76723c1a#F1F1EC
20%#76723c33#E4E3D8
40%#76723c66#C8C7B1
60%#76723c99#ADAA8A
80%#76723ccc#918E63

Gradients from #76723c

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9F9951, #76723c 45%, #55522B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #76723c, #416232);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #76723c, #3C4076);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AEA960 0%, #76723c 45%, #55522B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #98674D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #678A46 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #55522B 0%, transparent 65%), #76723c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #76723c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#76723c in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.24:1 — lift it to #7D793F for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#76723c, answered

What color is #76723c?

#76723c is a dark soft yellow, closest to Dark Olive Green (ΔE2000 9.3). It sits at 56° on the hue wheel with 33% saturation and 35% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #76723c?

rgb(118, 114, 60) — 118 red, 114 green and 60 blue out of 255, or 46.3% / 44.7% / 23.5% by channel.

What is #76723c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(56, 33%, 35%) and hsv(56, 49%, 46%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #76723c a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1621 and perceived brightness is 43%, so white text on it reaches 4.95:1.

Should I use black or white text on #76723c?

White. It scores 4.95:1 against #76723c, versus 4.24:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #76723c accessible on a white background?

#76723c on white scores 4.95:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #76723c?

#3C4076 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3C5D76 and #553C76, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #76723c?

For interface work: #FAFAF5 as the surface, #E4E2C9 for borders, #98934D for secondary text, #384D7A as an accent and #55522B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #76553C and #5D763C stays calm, while #3C4076 is the loudest partner.

What is #76723c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 3%, 49%, 54%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #76723c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 24 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #765D3C; nudged cooler, #65783A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #76723c?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 17.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #76723c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #76723c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#76723c] or text-[#76723c], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #76723c with 50% opacity?

rgba(118, 114, 60, 0.5), or #76723c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BBB99E; over black, #3B391E.

Is #76723c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666633, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #76723c mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #76723c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9F9951, #76723c 45%, #55522B). For more colour, a short hue run to #416232 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #76723c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #76723c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.