#797B2E#797B2E

#797B2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.099 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B2E
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, -11.59, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 42.28, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% -0.035 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.099 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4617, 18.4285, 5.3268)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B2E #302E7B

analogous

#7B562E #797B2E #527B2E

triadic

#797B2E #2E797B #7B2E79

tetradic

#797B2E #2E7B56 #302E7B #7B2E52

square

#797B2E #2E7B56 #302E7B #7B2E52

split-complementary

#797B2E #2E527B #562E7B

monochromatic

#21220D #4D4E1D #797B2E #A5A83F #C1C360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#797B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#797B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B2E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B2E	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81746B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.099 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2a16a',
    500: '#797b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b2e;
$custom-light: #a2a16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 45.562,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56507,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B2E

secondary

#5D5BAA

accent

#53D556

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0E07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B2E

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

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