#78795E#78795E

#78795E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.040 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78795E
RGB	rgb(120, 121, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 13%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 22%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 22.3%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, -5.27, 14.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 15.64, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% -0.0132 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.04 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6034, 18.4761, 13.2791)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78795E #5F5E79

analogous

#796D5E #78795E #6B795E

triadic

#78795E #5E7879 #795E78

tetradic

#78795E #5E796D #5F5E79 #795E6B

square

#78795E #5E796D #5F5E79 #795E6B

split-complementary

#78795E #5E6B79 #6D5E79

monochromatic

#343428 #565743 #78795E #98997B #B3B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#78795E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#78795E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78795E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78795E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78795E	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E775C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E785F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78795e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 121, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.040 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9f8b',
    500: '#78795e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78795e;
$custom-light: #9f9f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78795e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 12.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56768,
    "c": 0.03974,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78795E

secondary

#9190A2

accent

#72B575

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #78795E

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

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