#796E21#796E21

#796E21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.096 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E21
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 72.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, -5.19, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 42.72, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% -0.0184 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.096 101)
XYZ	xyz(13.7362, 15.3272, 3.6735)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E21 #212C79

analogous

#794221 #796E21 #587921

triadic

#796E21 #21796E #6E2179

tetradic

#796E21 #217942 #212C79 #792158

square

#796E21 #217942 #212C79 #792158

split-complementary

#796E21 #215879 #422179

monochromatic

#191707 #494214 #796E21 #A99A2E #CDBC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#796E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#796E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E21

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E21	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83665F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.096 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39761',
    500: '#796e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e21;
$custom-light: #a39761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5334,
    "c": 0.09636,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.15327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E21

secondary

#4A56AC

accent

#5BE047

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2EA

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0D05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E21

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

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