#797E5B#797E5B

#797E5B is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.051 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E5B
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 91)
HSL	hsl(69, 16%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 27.8%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -8.14, 18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 20.20, 113.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0213 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.051 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2343, 19.7421, 12.7982)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E5B #605B7E

analogous

#7E715B #797E5B #687E5B

triadic

#797E5B #5B797E #7E5B79

tetradic

#797E5B #5B7E71 #605B7E #7E5B68

square

#797E5B #5B7E71 #605B7E #7E5B68

split-complementary

#797E5B #5B687E #715B7E

monochromatic

#353728 #575A41 #797E5B #989E78 #B4B79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#797E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#797E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E5B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E5B	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.051 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a389',
    500: '#797e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e5b;
$custom-light: #a0a389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57939,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E5B

secondary

#928FA6

accent

#6FB979

background

#F9FAF8

surface

#F2F3F0

border

#CCCDCB

text

#0E0F0B

muted

#7E7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E5B

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

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