#79795E#79795E

#79795E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.040 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79795E
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 22.3%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, -4.86, 14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 15.64, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% -0.012 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.04 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7428, 18.5480, 13.2856)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79795E #5E5E79

analogous

#796C5E #79795E #6C795E

triadic

#79795E #5E7979 #795E79

tetradic

#79795E #5E796C #5E5E79 #795E6C

square

#79795E #5E796C #5E5E79 #795E6C

split-complementary

#79795E #5E6C79 #6C5E79

monochromatic

#343428 #575743 #79795E #99997B #B4B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#79795E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#79795E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79795E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79795E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79795E	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E775C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E785F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79795e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.040 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09f8b',
    500: '#79795e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79795e;
$custom-light: #a09f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79795e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.03967,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79795E

secondary

#9090A2

accent

#72B572

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79795E

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

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