#797D16#797D16

#797D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.118 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D16
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 82.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, -14.01, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 52.41, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0442 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.118 112)
XYZ	xyz(15.3641, 18.7905, 3.5765)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D16 #1A167D

analogous

#7D4E16 #797D16 #467D16

triadic

#797D16 #16797D #7D1679

tetradic

#797D16 #167D4E #1A167D #7D1646

square

#797D16 #167D4E #1A167D #7D1646

split-complementary

#797D16 #16467D #4E167D

monochromatic

#191A05 #47490D #797D16 #ABB11F #D4DB32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#797D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#797D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D16

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D16	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#887920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82756A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.118 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a25e',
    500: '#797d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d16;
$custom-light: #a3a25e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.33,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56797,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.1879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D16

secondary

#413DB2

accent

#3BED42

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2EA

border

#CECCC6

text

#100F05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D16

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

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