#7D9537

Closest named color: Drab Green (#749551). oklch(63.1% 0.123 122.1), rgb(125, 149, 55).

Black text reads best on this color (6.22:1).

About this color

#7D9537 is a medium-light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.123 and its hue 122°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Drab Green (#749551), ΔE 0.027 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.22:1.

Hue family	Yellows
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.123)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Drab Green (#749551)
Black text	6.22:1
White text	3.37:1

Values

HEX	#7D9537
RGB	rgb(125, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 46%, 40%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.123 122.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #7D9537	3.37:1	AA large text	Lc -66.6	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #7D9537	6.22:1	AA	Lc 43.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#7D9537 text on white	3.37:1	AA large text	Lc 61.1	Content text, not long reading
#7D9537 text on black	6.22:1	AA	Lc -40.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F0

oklch(97% 0.008 121.6)
Step 100
100

#E8ECDF

oklch(93.6% 0.018 120.7)
Step 200
200

#D5DDC5

oklch(88.5% 0.033 122.1)
Step 300
300

#BAC79C

oklch(80.8% 0.06 121.4)
Step 400
400

#96AA65

oklch(70.6% 0.096 122.1)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#7D9537

oklch(63.1% 0.123 122.1)
Step 600
600

#667F03

oklch(55.7% 0.135 122.4)
Step 700
700

#556A00

oklch(48.9% 0.119 122.2)
Step 800
800

#465701

oklch(42.7% 0.103 121.8)
Step 900
900

#3A480F

oklch(37.7% 0.081 122.5)
Step 950
950

#222A0B

oklch(26.9% 0.051 122.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#7D9537 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#9E8C2C	0.050
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#9A8C3E	0.050
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#838E81	0.102
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8C8C8C	0.124