#797E49#797E49

#797E49 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.075 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E49
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 27%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 42.1%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, -10.59, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 30.11, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0293 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.075 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5488, 19.4679, 9.1879)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E49 #4E497E

analogous

#7E6949 #797E49 #5F7E49

triadic

#797E49 #49797E #7E4979

tetradic

#797E49 #497E69 #4E497E #7E495F

square

#797E49 #497E69 #4E497E #7E495F

split-complementary

#797E49 #495F7E #69497E

monochromatic

#2F311C #545733 #797E49 #9DA361 #B5BA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#797E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#797E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E49

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E49	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.075 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1a37c',
    500: '#797e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e49;
$custom-light: #a1a37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 26.633,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57586,
    "c": 0.07453,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E49

secondary

#817DA6

accent

#65C36E

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F3F3EE

border

#CDCDC9

text

#0F0F09

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E49

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

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