#798916#798916

#798916 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.132 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798916
RGB	rgb(121, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(68, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -20.33, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 57.37, 110.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0616 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.132 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9761, 22.0144, 4.1138)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798916 #261689

analogous

#895F16 #798916 #3F8916

triadic

#798916 #167989 #891679

tetradic

#798916 #16895F #261689 #89163F

square

#798916 #16895F #261689 #89163F

split-complementary

#798916 #163F89 #5F1689

monochromatic

#1C2005 #4A540E #798916 #A8BE1E #C8DF3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#798916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#798916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798916

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798916	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.132 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3ab60',
    500: '#798916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798916;
$custom-light: #a3ab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.348,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59688,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798916

secondary

#503EBD

accent

#39EF52

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #798916

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

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