#797E16#797E16

#797E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.119 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E16
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 82.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, -14.55, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 52.81, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.0457 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.119 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4914, 19.0450, 3.6189)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E16 #1B167E

analogous

#7E4F16 #797E16 #457E16

triadic

#797E16 #16797E #7E1679

tetradic

#797E16 #167E4F #1B167E #7E1645

square

#797E16 #167E4F #1B167E #7E1645

split-complementary

#797E16 #16457E #4F167E

monochromatic

#191A05 #474A0D #797E16 #ABB21F #D3DB33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#797E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#797E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E16

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E16	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82766B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.119 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a35e',
    500: '#797e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e16;
$custom-light: #a3a35e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.885,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57036,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E16

secondary

#433DB3

accent

#3BED43

background

#FAFAF5

surface

#F4F3EA

border

#CECDC6

text

#100F05

muted

#7F7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E16

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

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