Colour

#796A06

#796A06
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796A06 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 106, 6 and HSL 52°, 91%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#796A06#796A06

HEX#796A06

RGBrgb(121, 106, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4157, 0.0235

RGB percentages47.5%, 41.6%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(52.2, 90.6%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 95%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 95%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,956,998

CSS custom property--colour: #796A06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1

Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#8695F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6C11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#83615Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.2 Peru · ΔE 30.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#061579

Analogous#793006, #4F7906

Triadic#06796A, #6A0679

Split complementary#064F79, #300679

Tetradic#067930, #061579, #79064F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F7E154

Lighter +30%#F4D924

Lighter +20%#DABF0B

Lighter +10%#AA9508

Darker −10%#483F04

Darker −20%#181501

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F6E00

Less saturated −25%#695E16

Channel breakdown

R121

G106

Red121 (47.5%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)90.55%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6A · B 06

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