#797E4D#797E4D

#797E4D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.070 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E4D
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 77)
HSL	hsl(66, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 39%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 38.9%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, -10.09, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 27.95, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0276 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.07 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6857, 19.5227, 9.9090)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E4D #524D7E

analogous

#7E6A4D #797E4D #617E4D

triadic

#797E4D #4D797E #7E4D79

tetradic

#797E4D #4D7E6A #524D7E #7E4D61

square

#797E4D #4D7E6A #524D7E #7E4D61

split-complementary

#797E4D #4D617E #6A4D7E

monochromatic

#30321F #555836 #797E4D #9CA266 #B4B98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#797E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#797E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E4D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E4D	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.070 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a37f',
    500: '#797e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e4d;
$custom-light: #a0a37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57657,
    "c": 0.06958,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E4D

secondary

#8581A6

accent

#67C170

background

#F9FAF7

surface

#F2F3EE

border

#CCCDC9

text

#0F0F0A

muted

#7E7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E4D

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

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