#79795F#79795F

#79795F is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.038 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79795F
RGBrgb(121, 121, 95)
HSLhsl(60, 12%, 42%)
HSVhsv(60, 21%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 21.5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LABlab(50.18, -4.70, 14.31)
CIE-LCHlch(50.18, 15.06, 108.19°)
OKLaboklab(56.88% -0.0115 0.0365)
OKLCHoklch(56.88% 0.038 107.6)
XYZxyz(16.7880, 18.5661, 13.5235)
Luminance0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79795F #5F5F79
analogous
#796C5F #79795F #6C795F
triadic
#79795F #5F7979 #795F79
tetradic
#79795F #5F796C #5F5F79 #795F6C
square
#79795F #5F796C #5F5F79 #795F6C
split-complementary
#79795F #5F6C79 #6C5F79
monochromatic
#343429 #575744 #79795F #99997D #B4B49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46
#79795F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71
#79795F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79795F
4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79795F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79795F1.004.464.714.71
#FFFFFF4.461.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7121.001.001.00
##0000004.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E775D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E7860
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D7672
Achromatopsia (no color)
#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79795f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.038 107.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09f8c',
    500: '#79795f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79795f;
$custom-light: #a09f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79795f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56881,
    "c": 0.03825,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79795F
secondary
#9191A2
accent
#73B573
background
#F9F9F8
surface
#F2F2F0
border
#CCCCCB
text
#0E0E0C
muted
#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79795F

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