#797B21#797B21

#797B21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.110 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B21
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 73.2%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, -12.43, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 47.83, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% -0.0388 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.11 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2431, 18.3411, 4.1758)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B21 #23217B

analogous

#7B5021 #797B21 #4C7B21

triadic

#797B21 #21797B #7B2179

tetradic

#797B21 #217B50 #23217B #7B214C

square

#797B21 #217B50 #23217B #7B214C

split-complementary

#797B21 #214C7B #50217B

monochromatic

#1A1A07 #4A4B14 #797B21 #A8AB2E #CBCE48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#797B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#797B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B21

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B21	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.110 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a163',
    500: '#797b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b21;
$custom-light: #a3a163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5639,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B21

secondary

#4C4AAE

accent

#47E14A

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0E06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B21

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

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