#796E1B#796E1B

#796E1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.100 H 101.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E1B
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 77.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, -5.50, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 45.13, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% -0.02 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.1 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6596, 15.2966, 3.2697)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E1B #1B2679

analogous

#793F1B #796E1B #55791B

triadic

#796E1B #1B796E #6E1B79

tetradic

#796E1B #1B793F #1B2679 #791B55

square

#796E1B #1B793F #1B2679 #791B55

split-complementary

#796E1B #1B5579 #3F1B79

monochromatic

#191706 #474110 #796E1B #AB9B26 #D3C13B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#796E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#796E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E1B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E1B	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.100 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3975e',
    500: '#796e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e1b;
$custom-light: #a3975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53294,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E1B

secondary

#434FAD

accent

#55E741

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100D05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E1B

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

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