#797159#797159

#797159 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.037 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797159
RGB	rgb(121, 113, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 15%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 26%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 26.4%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, -1.06, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 14.51, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% -0.0012 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.037 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5935, 16.5968, 11.8313)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797159 #596179

analogous

#796159 #797159 #717959

triadic

#797159 #597971 #715979

tetradic

#797159 #597961 #596179 #795971

square

#797159 #597961 #596179 #795971

split-complementary

#797159 #597179 #615979

monochromatic

#322F25 #56503F #797159 #9A9175 #B4AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#797159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#797159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #797159

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##797159	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79725A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 113, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.037 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09988',
    500: '#797159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797159;
$custom-light: #a09988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54921,
    "c": 0.03683,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797159

secondary

#8C91A2

accent

#82B870

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2EF

border

#CCCCCA

text

#0E0E0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797159

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

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