Recognised as Colour

#796A0F

#796A0F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796A0F is a yellow with RGB values 121, 106, 15 and HSL 52°, 78%, 27%. 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

#796A0F#796A0F

HEX#796A0F

RGBrgb(121, 106, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4157, 0.0588

RGB percentages47.5%, 41.6%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(51.5, 77.9%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 87.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 12.4%, 87.6%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,007

CSS custom property--colour: #796A0F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14408WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.41:1

Contrast with white5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#8695F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6C17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#83615Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.2 Peru · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F1E79

Analogous#79350F, #53790F

Triadic#0F796A, #6A0F79

Split complementary#0F5379, #350F79

Tetradic#0F7935, #0F1E79, #790F53

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECDA68

Lighter +30%#E7CE3A

Lighter +20%#D4BA1A

Lighter +10%#A69215

Darker −10%#4C4209

Darker −20%#1E1B04

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#887500

Less saturated −25%#685E20

Channel breakdown

R121

G106

B15

Red121 (47.5%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue51.51°

Saturation (HSL)77.94%

Lightness26.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6A · B 0F

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