#796E15#796E15

#796E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.104 H 101.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E15
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 82.6%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.00, -5.76, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.00, 47.25, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.26% -0.0213 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.26% 0.104 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.5971, 15.2716, 2.9408)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E15 #152079

analogous

#793C15 #796E15 #527915

triadic

#796E15 #15796E #6E1579

tetradic

#796E15 #15793C #152079 #791552

square

#796E15 #15793C #152079 #791552

split-complementary

#796E15 #155279 #3C1579

monochromatic

#1A1805 #453F0C #796E15 #AD9D1E #DBC82E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#796E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#796E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E15

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E15	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.104 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3975c',
    500: '#796e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e15;
$custom-light: #a3975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 70.423,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53256,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E15

secondary

#3B48AF

accent

#4EED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E15

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

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