#796D2E#796D2E

#796D2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.084 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796D2E
RGB	rgb(121, 109, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 62%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, -3.74, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 36.33, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.24% -0.0126 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(53.24% 0.084 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8475, 15.2001, 4.7887)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796D2E #2E3A79

analogous

#79472E #796D2E #5F792E

triadic

#796D2E #2E796D #6D2E79

tetradic

#796D2E #2E7947 #2E3A79 #792E5F

square

#796D2E #2E7947 #2E3A79 #792E5F

split-complementary

#796D2E #2E5F79 #472E79

monochromatic

#201D0C #4D451D #796D2E #A5953F #C2B25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#796D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#796D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796D2E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796D2E	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 109, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.084 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a29669',
    500: '#796d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796d2e;
$custom-light: #a29669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53241,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796D2E

secondary

#5A67A9

accent

#68D553

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F1EB

border

#CECBC6

text

#0F0D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #796D2E

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

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