#797F4E#797F4E

#797F4E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.070 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F4E
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 78)
HSL	hsl(67, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 38.6%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, -10.51, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 27.96, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0287 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.07 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8498, 19.7939, 10.1392)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F4E #544E7F

analogous

#7F6C4E #797F4E #607F4E

triadic

#797F4E #4E797F #7F4E79

tetradic

#797F4E #4E7F6C #544E7F #7F4E60

square

#797F4E #4E7F6C #544E7F #7F4E60

split-complementary

#797F4E #4E607F #6C4E7F

monochromatic

#31331F #555937 #797F4E #9BA268 #B4BA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#797F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#797F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F4E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F4E	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#867A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.070 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a480',
    500: '#797f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f4e;
$custom-light: #a0a480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.347,
    "s": 23.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57909,
    "c": 0.06975,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F4E

secondary

#8783A6

accent

#67C072

background

#F9FAF7

surface

#F2F4EE

border

#CCCEC9

text

#0F0F0A

muted

#7E7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F4E

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

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