#797259#797259

#797259 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.038 H 94.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797259
RGB	rgb(121, 114, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 15%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 26%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 26.4%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, -1.63, 14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 14.95, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% -0.0028 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.038 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7057, 16.8212, 11.8687)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797259 #596079

analogous

#796259 #797259 #707959

triadic

#797259 #597972 #725979

tetradic

#797259 #597962 #596079 #795970

square

#797259 #597962 #596079 #795970

split-complementary

#797259 #597079 #625979

monochromatic

#323025 #56513F #797259 #9A9275 #B4AE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#797259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#797259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #797259

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##797259	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79735A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 114, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.038 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09a88',
    500: '#797259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797259;
$custom-light: #a09a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 15.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55146,
    "c": 0.03787,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797259

secondary

#8C91A2

accent

#80B870

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2EF

border

#CCCCCA

text

#0E0E0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797259

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

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