#797E56#797E56

#797E56 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.058 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E56
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 19%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 32%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 31.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, -8.87, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 22.99, 112.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0236 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.058 114)
XYZ	xyz(17.0257, 19.6587, 11.6999)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E56 #5B567E

analogous

#7E6F56 #797E56 #657E56

triadic

#797E56 #56797E #7E5679

tetradic

#797E56 #567E6F #5B567E #7E5665

square

#797E56 #567E6F #5B567E #7E5665

split-complementary

#797E56 #56657E #6F567E

monochromatic

#333524 #565A3D #797E56 #999F72 #B4B897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#797E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#797E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E56

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E56	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)

#847A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.058 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a386',
    500: '#797e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e56;
$custom-light: #a0a386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 18.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57832,
    "c": 0.05794,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.19659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E56

secondary

#8E8AA6

accent

#6CBC76

background

#F9FAF8

surface

#F2F3EF

border

#CCCDCA

text

#0F0F0B

muted

#7E7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E56

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

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