#797E38#797E38

#797E38 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.094 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E38
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 55.6%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, -12.39, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 38.93, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.0361 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.094 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0602, 19.2725, 6.6145)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E38 #3D387E

analogous

#7E6038 #797E38 #567E38

triadic

#797E38 #38797E #7E3879

tetradic

#797E38 #387E60 #3D387E #7E3856

square

#797E38 #387E60 #3D387E #7E3856

split-complementary

#797E38 #38567E #60387E

monochromatic

#282912 #505425 #797E38 #A2A84B #BAC071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#797E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#797E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E38

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E38	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.094 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1a371',
    500: '#797e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e38;
$custom-light: #a1a371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57333,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E38

secondary

#6E69A9

accent

#59CE62

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F3EC

border

#CECDC7

text

#0F0F08

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E38

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

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