#796F40#796F40

#796F40 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.067 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796F40
RGB	rgb(121, 111, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 47.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, -3.19, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 27.68, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% -0.0089 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.067 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4954, 15.8045, 7.1365)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796F40 #404A79

analogous

#795340 #796F40 #677940

triadic

#796F40 #40796F #6F4079

tetradic

#796F40 #407953 #404A79 #794067

square

#796F40 #407953 #404A79 #794067

split-complementary

#796F40 #406779 #534079

monochromatic

#292616 #514A2B #796F40 #A19455 #B9AE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#796F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#796F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796F40

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796F40	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#816964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 111, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.067 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a19876',
    500: '#796f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796f40;
$custom-light: #a19876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 30.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53957,
    "c": 0.06699,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796F40

secondary

#717AA4

accent

#73C761

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F3F2ED

border

#CDCCC8

text

#0F0D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #796F40

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

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