#797E5D#797E5D

#797E5D is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.048 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E5D
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 93)
HSL	hsl(69, 15%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(69, 26%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 26.2%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -7.83, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 19.08, 114.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0204 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.048 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3217, 19.7771, 13.2586)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E5D #625D7E

analogous

#7E725D #797E5D #687E5D

triadic

#797E5D #5D797E #7E5D79

tetradic

#797E5D #5D7E72 #625D7E #7E5D68

square

#797E5D #5D7E72 #625D7E #7E5D68

split-complementary

#797E5D #5D687E #725D7E

monochromatic

#353829 #575B43 #797E5D #989D7B #B4B79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#797E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#797E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E5D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E5D	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.048 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a38b',
    500: '#797e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e5d;
$custom-light: #a0a38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 15.068,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57984,
    "c": 0.04847,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E5D

secondary

#9491A6

accent

#70B87B

background

#F9FAF8

surface

#F2F3F0

border

#CCCDCB

text

#0E0F0C

muted

#7E7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E5D

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

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