#796D23#796D23

#796D23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.094 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796D23
RGB	rgb(121, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 71.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, -4.51, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 41.50, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% -0.0162 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.094 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6578, 15.1242, 3.7896)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796D23 #232F79

analogous

#794223 #796D23 #5A7923

triadic

#796D23 #23796D #6D2379

tetradic

#796D23 #237942 #232F79 #79235A

square

#796D23 #237942 #232F79 #79235A

split-complementary

#796D23 #235A79 #422379

monochromatic

#1A1708 #4A4215 #796D23 #A89831 #CBB94B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#796D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#796D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796D23

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796D23	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.094 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39663',
    500: '#796d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796d23;
$custom-light: #a39663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53126,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796D23

secondary

#4C59AC

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F1EB

border

#CECBC6

text

#0F0D05

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #796D23

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

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