#796E23#796E23

#796E23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.095 H 100.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E23
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 71.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, -5.08, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 41.86, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% -0.0178 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.095 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7651, 15.3388, 3.8254)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E23 #232E79

analogous

#794323 #796E23 #597923

triadic

#796E23 #23796E #6E2379

tetradic

#796E23 #237943 #232E79 #792359

square

#796E23 #237943 #232E79 #792359

split-complementary

#796E23 #235979 #432379

monochromatic

#1A1808 #4A4315 #796E23 #A89931 #CBBB4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#796E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#796E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E23

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E23	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82665F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.095 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39763',
    500: '#796e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e23;
$custom-light: #a39763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53357,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E23

secondary

#4C58AC

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0D05

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E23

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

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