#797E4E#797E4E

#797E4E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.068 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E4E
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 38.1%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, -9.96, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 27.40, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0271 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.068 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7213, 19.5369, 10.0964)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E4E #534E7E

analogous

#7E6B4E #797E4E #617E4E

triadic

#797E4E #4E797E #7E4E79

tetradic

#797E4E #4E7E6B #534E7E #7E4E61

square

#797E4E #4E7E6B #534E7E #7E4E61

split-complementary

#797E4E #4E617E #6B4E7E

monochromatic

#30321F #555837 #797E4E #9BA168 #B4B98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#797E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#797E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E4E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E4E	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.068 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a380',
    500: '#797e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e4e;
$custom-light: #a0a380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57675,
    "c": 0.06832,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E4E

secondary

#8682A6

accent

#68C071

background

#F9FAF7

surface

#F2F3EE

border

#CCCDC9

text

#0F0F0A

muted

#7E7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E4E

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

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