#796B17#796B17

#796B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.100 H 99.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796B17
RGB	rgb(121, 107, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 81%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, -3.97, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 45.61, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% -0.016 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.1 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2982, 14.6429, 2.9363)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796B17 #172579

analogous

#793A17 #796B17 #567917

triadic

#796B17 #17796B #6B1779

tetradic

#796B17 #17793A #172579 #791756

square

#796B17 #17793A #172579 #791756

split-complementary

#796B17 #175679 #3A1779

monochromatic

#1A1705 #463E0D #796B17 #AC9821 #D8C032

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#796B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#796B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796B17

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796B17	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83625B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 107, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.100 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3955c',
    500: '#796b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796b17;
$custom-light: #a3955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52574,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796B17

secondary

#3E4EAE

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F1E9

border

#CECBC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #796B17

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

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