#797B38#797B38

#797B38 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.090 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B38
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 37%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 54.5%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, -10.75, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 37.45, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% -0.0314 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.09 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6823, 18.5167, 6.4886)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B38 #3A387B

analogous

#7B5B38 #797B38 #577B38

triadic

#797B38 #38797B #7B3879

tetradic

#797B38 #387B5B #3A387B #7B3857

square

#797B38 #387B5B #3A387B #7B3857

split-complementary

#797B38 #38577B #5B387B

monochromatic

#262712 #505125 #797B38 #A2A54B #BBBE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#797B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#797B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B38

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B38	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81746C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.090 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1a171',
    500: '#797b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b38;
$custom-light: #a1a171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.791,
    "s": 37.43,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56624,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B38

secondary

#6A68A7

accent

#5ACD5E

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#0F0E08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B38

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

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