#796B23#796B23

#796B23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.092 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796B23
RGB	rgb(121, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, -3.36, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 40.80, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.67% -0.013 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(52.67% 0.092 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4468, 14.7023, 3.7193)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796B23 #233179

analogous

#794023 #796B23 #5C7923

triadic

#796B23 #23796B #6B2379

tetradic

#796B23 #237940 #233179 #79235C

square

#796B23 #237940 #233179 #79235C

split-complementary

#796B23 #235C79 #402379

monochromatic

#1A1708 #4A4115 #796B23 #A89531 #CBB64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#796B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#796B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796B23

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796B23	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83635C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.092 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39562',
    500: '#796b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796b23;
$custom-light: #a39562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52666,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796B23

secondary

#4C5CAC

accent

#62DE49

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F1EB

border

#CECBC6

text

#0F0D05

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #796B23

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

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