#79721B#79721B

#79721B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.104 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79721B
RGB	rgb(121, 114, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, -7.76, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 46.55, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.23% -0.0263 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(54.23% 0.104 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1009, 16.1793, 3.4168)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79721B #1B2279

analogous

#79431B #79721B #51791B

triadic

#79721B #1B7972 #721B79

tetradic

#79721B #1B7943 #1B2279 #791B51

square

#79721B #1B7943 #1B2279 #791B51

split-complementary

#79721B #1B5179 #431B79

monochromatic

#191806 #474310 #79721B #ABA126 #D3C83B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#79721B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#79721B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79721B

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79721B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79721B	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79721b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 114, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.104 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39a5f',
    500: '#79721b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79721b;
$custom-light: #a39a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79721b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.532,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54225,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79721B

secondary

#434BAD

accent

#4EE741

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2EA

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #79721B

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

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