#79795C#79795C

#79795C is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.042 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79795C
RGBrgb(121, 121, 92)
HSLhsl(60, 14%, 42%)
HSVhsv(60, 24%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 24%, 52.5%)
CIE-LABlab(50.11, -5.18, 15.96)
CIE-LCHlch(50.11, 16.78, 107.97°)
OKLaboklab(56.81% -0.0129 0.0405)
OKLCHoklch(56.81% 0.042 107.7)
XYZxyz(16.6542, 18.5126, 12.8191)
Luminance0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79795C #5C5C79
analogous
#796B5C #79795C #6B795C
triadic
#79795C #5C7979 #795C79
tetradic
#79795C #5C796B #5C5C79 #795C6B
square
#79795C #5C796B #5C5C79 #795C6B
split-complementary
#79795C #5C6B79 #6B5C79
monochromatic
#333327 #565642 #79795C #999979 #B4B49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47
#79795C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70
#79795C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79795C
4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79795C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79795C1.004.474.704.70
#FFFFFF4.471.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7021.001.001.00
##0000004.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E775A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E785D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D7571
Achromatopsia (no color)
#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79795c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.042 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09f8a',
    500: '#79795c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79795c;
$custom-light: #a09f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79795c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.615,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56809,
    "c": 0.04248,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79795C
secondary
#8F8FA2
accent
#71B671
background
#F9F9F8
surface
#F2F2F0
border
#CCCCCB
text
#0E0E0B
muted
#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #79795C

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#79795C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva