#797A5E#797A5E

#797A5E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.041 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797A5E
RGB	rgb(121, 122, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 13%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 23%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 23%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, -5.43, 15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 16.20, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.0136 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.041 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8650, 18.7924, 13.3263)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797A5E #5F5E7A

analogous

#7A6D5E #797A5E #6B7A5E

triadic

#797A5E #5E797A #7A5E79

tetradic

#797A5E #5E7A6D #5F5E7A #7A5E6B

square

#797A5E #5E7A6D #5F5E7A #7A5E6B

split-complementary

#797A5E #5E6B7A #6D5E7A

monochromatic

#343529 #575743 #797A5E #999A7C #B4B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#797A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#797A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797A5E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797A5E	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F775C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F795F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 122, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.041 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a08b',
    500: '#797a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797a5e;
$custom-light: #a0a08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 12.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57086,
    "c": 0.0411,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797A5E

secondary

#9191A3

accent

#72B674

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2F0

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0E0C

muted

#7E7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #797A5E

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

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