Colour

#796B09

#796B09
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796B09 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 107, 9 and HSL 53°, 86%, 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

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HEX#796B09

RGBrgb(121, 107, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4196, 0.0353

RGB percentages47.5%, 42%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(52.5, 86.2%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 92.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 92.6%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,257

CSS custom property--colour: #796B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1

Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#8694F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#83625Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.4 Peru · ΔE 30.8

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#091779

Analogous#793309, #4F7909

Triadic#09796B, #6B0979

Split complementary#094F79, #330979

Tetradic#097933, #091779, #79094F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3E05B

Lighter +30%#EFD72C

Lighter +20%#D8BF10

Lighter +10%#A8950D

Darker −10%#4A4105

Darker −20%#1A1702

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#827200

Less saturated −25%#695F19

Channel breakdown

R121

G107

Red121 (47.5%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)86.15%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6B · B 09

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