Colour

#796B17

#796B17
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796B17 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 107, 23 and HSL 51°, 68%, 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

#796B17#796B17

HEX#796B17

RGBrgb(121, 107, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4196, 0.0902

RGB percentages47.5%, 42%, 9%

HSLhsl(51.4, 68.1%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 81%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 81%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,271

CSS custom property--colour: #796B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14642WCAG 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#8694E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766804no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#83625Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 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 15.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.3 Peru · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#172579

Analogous#793A17, #567917

Triadic#17796B, #6B1779

Split complementary#175679, #3A1779

Tetradic#17793A, #172579, #791756

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D577

Lighter +30%#DDC84C

Lighter +20%#CFB727

Lighter +10%#A4911F

Darker −10%#4E450F

Darker −20%#231F07

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B7805

Less saturated −25%#675E29

Channel breakdown

R121

G107

B23

Red121 (47.5%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)68.06%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6B · B 17

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#796B17

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else