#796E17#796E17

#796E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.103 H 101.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E17
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 81%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, -5.68, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 46.58, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% -0.0209 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.103 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6164, 15.2793, 3.0424)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E17 #172279

analogous

#793D17 #796E17 #537917

triadic

#796E17 #17796E #6E1779

tetradic

#796E17 #17793D #172279 #791753

square

#796E17 #17793D #172279 #791753

split-complementary

#796E17 #175379 #3D1779

monochromatic

#1A1705 #463F0D #796E17 #AC9D21 #D8C532

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#796E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#796E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E17

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E17	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.103 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3975c',
    500: '#796e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e17;
$custom-light: #a3975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.265,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53268,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E17

secondary

#3E4AAE

accent

#50EB3D

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100D04

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E17

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

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