#797B59#797B59

#797B59 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.049 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B59
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 16%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(64, 28%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 27.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, -6.76, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 19.60, 110.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.0175 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.049 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7713, 18.9523, 12.2239)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B59 #5B597B

analogous

#7B6C59 #797B59 #687B59

triadic

#797B59 #59797B #7B5979

tetradic

#797B59 #597B6C #5B597B #7B5968

square

#797B59 #597B6C #5B597B #7B5968

split-complementary

#797B59 #59687B #6C597B

monochromatic

#333426 #56573F #797B59 #999C76 #B4B599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#797B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#797B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B59

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B59	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81795A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.049 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a188',
    500: '#797b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b59;
$custom-light: #a0a188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 16.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57201,
    "c": 0.04949,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B59

secondary

#8E8CA3

accent

#6FB973

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F2F2EF

border

#CCCCCA

text

#0E0E0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B59

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

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