#796B40#796B40

#796B40 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.063 H 92.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796B40
RGB	rgb(121, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 47.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.57, -0.89, 26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.57, 26.07, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% -0.0022 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.063 92)
XYZ	xyz(14.0687, 14.9511, 6.9943)
Luminance	0.1495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796B40 #404E79

analogous

#794F40 #796B40 #6B7940

triadic

#796B40 #40796B #6B4079

tetradic

#796B40 #40794F #404E79 #79406B

square

#796B40 #40794F #404E79 #79406B

split-complementary

#796B40 #406B79 #4F4079

monochromatic

#292416 #51482B #796B40 #A18E55 #B9AA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#796B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#796B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796B40

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796B40	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.063 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a19575',
    500: '#796b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796b40;
$custom-light: #a19575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 30.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53049,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.14951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796B40

secondary

#717EA4

accent

#7AC761

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F3F1ED

border

#CDCBC8

text

#0F0D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #796B40

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

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