Colour

#796B14

#796B14
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796B14 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 107, 20 and HSL 52°, 72%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#796B14

RGBrgb(121, 107, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4196, 0.0784

RGB percentages47.5%, 42%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(51.7, 71.6%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 83.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 83.5%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,268

CSS custom property--colour: #796B14;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.35:1

Contrast with white5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#8694EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#83625Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.93:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 25.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.5 Peru · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#142279

Analogous#793914, #547914

Triadic#14796B, #6B1479

Split complementary#145479, #391479

Tetradic#147939, #142279, #791454

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8D771

Lighter +30%#E0CB46

Lighter +20%#D1B822

Lighter +10%#A5921B

Darker −10%#4D440D

Darker −20%#211E06

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B7802

Less saturated −25%#675E26

Channel breakdown

R121

G107

B20

Red121 (47.5%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue51.68°

Saturation (HSL)71.63%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6B · B 14

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