#797E55#797E55

#797E55 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.059 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E55
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 32.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -9.02, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 23.55, 112.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.024 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.059 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9857, 19.6427, 11.4892)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E55 #5A557E

analogous

#7E6F55 #797E55 #657E55

triadic

#797E55 #55797E #7E5579

tetradic

#797E55 #557E6F #5A557E #7E5565

square

#797E55 #557E6F #5A557E #7E5565

split-complementary

#797E55 #55657E #6F557E

monochromatic

#333524 #56593C #797E55 #9A9F71 #B4B896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#797E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#797E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E55

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E55	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.059 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a385',
    500: '#797e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e55;
$custom-light: #a0a385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 19.431,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57811,
    "c": 0.05926,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E55

secondary

#8D89A5

accent

#6CBC76

background

#F9FAF8

surface

#F2F3EF

border

#CCCDCA

text

#0F0F0B

muted

#7E7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E55

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

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