#797E42#797E42

#797E42 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.083 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E42
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 31%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 47.6%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, -11.39, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 33.83, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0322 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.083 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3296, 19.3803, 8.0337)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E42 #47427E

analogous

#7E6542 #797E42 #5B7E42

triadic

#797E42 #42797E #7E4279

tetradic

#797E42 #427E65 #47427E #7E425B

square

#797E42 #427E65 #47427E #7E425B

split-complementary

#797E42 #425B7E #65427E

monochromatic

#2C2E18 #52562D #797E42 #A0A657 #B7BC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#797E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#797E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E42

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E42	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.083 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1a378',
    500: '#797e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e42;
$custom-light: #a1a378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57473,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E42

secondary

#7975A7

accent

#60C769

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F3F3ED

border

#CDCDC8

text

#0F0F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E42

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

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