#797B31#797B31

#797B31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.097 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B31
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 43%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 60.2%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, -11.35, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 40.88, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% -0.034 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.097 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5229, 18.4530, 5.6492)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B31 #33317B

analogous

#7B5831 #797B31 #547B31

triadic

#797B31 #31797B #7B3179

tetradic

#797B31 #317B58 #33317B #7B3154

square

#797B31 #317B58 #33317B #7B3154

split-complementary

#797B31 #31547B #58317B

monochromatic

#23230E #4E4F20 #797B31 #A4A742 #BFC265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#797B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#797B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B31

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B31	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)

#847629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81746B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.097 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2a16c',
    500: '#797b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b31;
$custom-light: #a2a16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 43.023,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56539,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B31

secondary

#615FA9

accent

#55D358

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#0F0E07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B31

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

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