#797F40#797F40

#797F40 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.086 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F40
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 33%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 50%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 49.6%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -12.15, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 35.39, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0346 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.086 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4002, 19.6141, 7.7714)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F40 #46407F

analogous

#7F6540 #797F40 #5A7F40

triadic

#797F40 #40797F #7F4079

tetradic

#797F40 #407F65 #46407F #7F405A

square

#797F40 #407F65 #46407F #7F405A

split-complementary

#797F40 #405A7F #65407F

monochromatic

#2B2E17 #52562B #797F40 #A0A855 #B7BD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#797F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#797F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F40

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F40	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.086 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1a476',
    500: '#797f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f40;
$custom-light: #a1a476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 32.984,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57679,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F40

secondary

#7873A8

accent

#5FC969

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F3F3ED

border

#CDCDC8

text

#0F0F08

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F40

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

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