#797B2A#797B2A

#797B2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.103 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B2A
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 65.9%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, -11.88, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 44.09, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.0362 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.103 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3865, 18.3984, 4.9308)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B2A #2C2A7B

analogous

#7B542A #797B2A #517B2A

triadic

#797B2A #2A797B #7B2A79

tetradic

#797B2A #2A7B54 #2C2A7B #7B2A51

square

#797B2A #2A7B54 #2C2A7B #7B2A51

split-complementary

#797B2A #2A517B #542A7B

monochromatic

#1F200B #4C4D1A #797B2A #A6A93A #C4C659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#797B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#797B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B2A

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B2A	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81736A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.103 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2a168',
    500: '#797b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b2a;
$custom-light: #a2a168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.481,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56466,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B2A

secondary

#5755AC

accent

#4FD953

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0E06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B2A

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

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