Recognised as Colour

#796B19

#796B19
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796B19 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 107, 25 and HSL 51°, 66%, 29%. 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#796B19

RGBrgb(121, 107, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4196, 0.098

RGB percentages47.5%, 42%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(51.3, 65.8%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 79.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 79.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,273

CSS custom property--colour: #796B19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.34:1

Contrast with white5.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#8694E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766808no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D1Fno 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 39.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.2 Peru · ΔE 30.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#192779

Analogous#793B19, #577919

Triadic#19796B, #6B1979

Split complementary#195779, #3B1979

Tetradic#19793B, #192779, #791957

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4D47A

Lighter +30%#DBC750

Lighter +20%#CEB62A

Lighter +10%#A39022

Darker −10%#4F4610

Darker −20%#242008

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B7807

Less saturated −25%#675E2B

Channel breakdown

R121

G107

B25

Red121 (47.5%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue51.25°

Saturation (HSL)65.75%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6B · B 19

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