#797666#797666

#797666 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.024 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797666
RGB	rgb(121, 118, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 9%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 16%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 15.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, -1.82, 9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 9.41, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0035 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.024 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7617, 17.9813, 15.1555)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797666 #666979

analogous

#796C66 #797666 #727966

triadic

#797666 #667976 #766679

tetradic

#797666 #66796C #666979 #796672

square

#797666 #66796C #666979 #796672

split-complementary

#797666 #667279 #6C6679

monochromatic

#37352E #58564A #797666 #989584 #B4B1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#797666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#797666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797666

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797666	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 118, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.024 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9d91',
    500: '#797666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797666;
$custom-light: #9f9d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 8.52,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56379,
    "c": 0.02416,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797666

secondary

#9899A3

accent

#80B276

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #797666

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

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