#796E27#796E27

#796E27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.092 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E27
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, -4.82, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 40.07, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% -0.0166 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.092 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8279, 15.3639, 4.1562)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E27 #273279

analogous

#794527 #796E27 #5B7927

triadic

#796E27 #27796E #6E2779

tetradic

#796E27 #277945 #273279 #79275B

square

#796E27 #277945 #273279 #79275B

split-complementary

#796E27 #275B79 #452779

monochromatic

#1C1A09 #4B4418 #796E27 #A79836 #C8B853

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#796E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#796E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E27

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E27	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)

#786B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82665F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.092 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a29765',
    500: '#796e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e27;
$custom-light: #a29765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53395,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E27

secondary

#515DAB

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E27

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

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