#79701B#79701B

#79701B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.102 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79701B
RGB	rgb(121, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 77.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, -6.64, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 45.83, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.76% -0.0231 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(53.76% 0.102 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8778, 15.7330, 3.3425)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79701B #1B2479

analogous

#79411B #79701B #53791B

triadic

#79701B #1B7970 #701B79

tetradic

#79701B #1B7941 #1B2479 #791B53

square

#79701B #1B7941 #1B2479 #791B53

split-complementary

#79701B #1B5379 #411B79

monochromatic

#191706 #474210 #79701B #AB9E26 #D3C53B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#79701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#79701B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79701B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79701B	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.102 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3985f',
    500: '#79701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79701b;
$custom-light: #a3985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.255,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53758,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79701B

secondary

#434DAD

accent

#51E741

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#0F0D05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #79701B

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

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