#7E9834

Closest named color: Flat Green (#699D4C). oklch(63.9% 0.129 122.6), rgb(126, 152, 52).

Black text reads best on this color (6.42:1).

About this color

#7E9834 is a medium-light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 64%, its chroma 0.129 and its hue 123°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Flat Green (#699D4C), ΔE 0.029 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.42:1.

Hue family	Yellows
Lightness	medium-light (64%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.129)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Flat Green (#699D4C)
Black text	6.42:1
White text	3.26:1

Values

HEX	#7E9834
RGB	rgb(126, 152, 52)
HSL	hsl(76, 49%, 40%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.129 122.6)

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 #7E9834	3.26:1	AA large text	Lc -65.3	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #7E9834	6.42:1	AA	Lc 44.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#7E9834 text on white	3.26:1	AA large text	Lc 59.9	Large or bold text, headings
#7E9834 text on black	6.42:1	AA	Lc -41.8	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

#E7ECDF

oklch(93.6% 0.018 124)
Step 200
200

#D5DDC4

oklch(88.5% 0.035 121.6)
Step 300
300

#B9C89B

oklch(81% 0.063 122.8)
Step 400
400

#95AB62

oklch(70.7% 0.101 122.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#7E9834

oklch(63.9% 0.129 122.6)
Step 600
600

#657F00

oklch(55.6% 0.136 122.8)
Step 700
700

#556B00

oklch(49.2% 0.12 122.6)
Step 800
800

#455700

oklch(42.6% 0.104 122.4)
Step 900
900

#3A480B

oklch(37.6% 0.084 122.1)
Step 950
950

#222A0A

oklch(26.9% 0.052 121.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#7E9834 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)	#A18F27	0.052
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#9D8E3B	0.054
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#849083	0.108
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8E8E8E	0.130