#797B17#797B17

#797B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.116 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B17
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 81.3%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, -12.90, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 51.32, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.041 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.116 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1233, 18.2932, 3.5447)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B17 #19177B

analogous

#7B4B17 #797B17 #477B17

triadic

#797B17 #17797B #7B1779

tetradic

#797B17 #177B4B #19177B #7B1747

square

#797B17 #177B4B #19177B #7B1747

split-complementary

#797B17 #17477B #4B177B

monochromatic

#191A05 #46470D #797B17 #ACAF21 #D6D933

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#797B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#797B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B17

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B17	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.116 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a05e',
    500: '#797b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b17;
$custom-light: #a3a05e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56325,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B17

secondary

#403EB0

accent

#3CEB40

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2EA

border

#CECCC6

text

#100E05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B17

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

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