#796E2B#796E2B

#796E2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.088 H 100.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E2B
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 64.5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.17, -4.54, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.17, 38.18, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% -0.0153 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.088 100)
XYZ	xyz(13.8977, 15.3918, 4.5239)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E2B #2B3679

analogous

#79472B #796E2B #5D792B

triadic

#796E2B #2B796E #6E2B79

tetradic

#796E2B #2B7947 #2B3679 #792B5D

square

#796E2B #2B7947 #2B3679 #792B5D

split-complementary

#796E2B #2B5D79 #472B79

monochromatic

#1F1C0B #4C451B #796E2B #A6973B #C4B55A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#796E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#796E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E2B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E2B	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#826660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.088 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a29767',
    500: '#796e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e2b;
$custom-light: #a29767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 47.561,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53437,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.15391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E2B

secondary

#5662AA

accent

#64D751

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E2B

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

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