#797D17#797D17

#797D17 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	#797D17
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 81.6%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, -13.98, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 52.11, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.044 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.118 112)
XYZ	xyz(15.3740, 18.7944, 3.6283)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D17 #1B177D

analogous

#7D4E17 #797D17 #467D17

triadic

#797D17 #17797D #7D1779

tetradic

#797D17 #177D4E #1B177D #7D1746

square

#797D17 #177D4E #1B177D #7D1746

split-complementary

#797D17 #17467D #4E177D

monochromatic

#191A05 #47490D #797D17 #ABB121 #D3DA35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#797D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#797D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D17

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D17	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)

#887921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82756A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.118 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a25f',
    500: '#797d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d17;
$custom-light: #a3a25f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56802,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.18794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D17

secondary

#433EB2

accent

#3CEC43

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2EA

border

#CECCC6

text

#100F05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D17

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

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