#797249#797249

#797249 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.059 H 99.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797249
RGB	rgb(121, 114, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 39.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, -3.86, 23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 24.02, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% -0.01 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.059 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1053, 16.5810, 8.7068)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797249 #495079

analogous

#795A49 #797249 #687949

triadic

#797249 #497972 #724979

tetradic

#797249 #49795A #495079 #794968

square

#797249 #49795A #495079 #794968

split-complementary

#797249 #496879 #5A4979

monochromatic

#2D2A1B #534E32 #797249 #9F9660 #B6AF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#797249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#797249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #797249

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##797249	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 114, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.059 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09a7c',
    500: '#797249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797249;
$custom-light: #a09a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 24.742,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54804,
    "c": 0.05914,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797249

secondary

#7B81A2

accent

#74C167

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F2F2EE

border

#CCCCC9

text

#0F0E09

muted

#7E7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #797249

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

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