#797D12#797D12

#797D12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.120 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D12
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 18)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(62, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 85.6%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, -14.15, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 53.52, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.78% -0.0449 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(56.78% 0.12 112)
XYZ	xyz(15.3285, 18.7763, 3.3889)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D12 #16127D

analogous

#7D4B12 #797D12 #437D12

triadic

#797D12 #12797D #7D1279

tetradic

#797D12 #127D4B #16127D #7D1243

square

#797D12 #127D4B #16127D #7D1243

split-complementary

#797D12 #12437D #4B127D

monochromatic

#1A1B04 #45480A #797D12 #ADB21A #D9E029

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#797D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#797D12 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D12

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D12	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82756A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.120 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a25d',
    500: '#797d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d12;
$custom-light: #a3a25d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.243,
    "s": 74.825,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56778,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.18776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D12

secondary

#3D38B3

accent

#36F13D

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2E9

border

#CECCC5

text

#100F05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D12

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

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