#797D4E#797D4E

#797D4E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.067 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D4E
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 23%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(65, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 37.6%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, -9.41, 25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 26.85, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.0256 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.067 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5940, 19.2825, 10.0540)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D4E #524E7D

analogous

#7D694E #797D4E #627D4E

triadic

#797D4E #4E797D #7D4E79

tetradic

#797D4E #4E7D69 #524E7D #7D4E62

square

#797D4E #4E7D69 #524E7D #7D4E62

split-complementary

#797D4E #4E627D #694E7D

monochromatic

#30321F #555736 #797D4E #9CA168 #B4B88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#797D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#797D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D4E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D4E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84794B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.067 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a280',
    500: '#797d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d4e;
$custom-light: #a0a280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 23.153,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57442,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D4E

secondary

#8582A5

accent

#68C070

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F2F2EE

border

#CCCCC9

text

#0F0F0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D4E

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

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