#797E40#797E40

#797E40 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.085 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E40
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 33%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(65, 49%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 49.2%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.10, -11.60, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.10, 34.87, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.033 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.085 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2717, 19.3571, 7.7286)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E40 #45407E

analogous

#7E6440 #797E40 #5A7E40

triadic

#797E40 #40797E #7E4079

tetradic

#797E40 #407E64 #45407E #7E405A

square

#797E40 #407E64 #45407E #7E405A

split-complementary

#797E40 #405A7E #64407E

monochromatic

#2B2D17 #52552B #797E40 #A0A755 #B7BC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#797E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#797E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E40

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E40	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.085 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1a376',
    500: '#797e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e40;
$custom-light: #a1a376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 32.632,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57443,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E40

secondary

#7773A7

accent

#5FC968

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F3F3ED

border

#CDCDC8

text

#0F0F08

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E40

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

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