Colour

#796C00

#796C00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796C00 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 108, 0 and HSL 54°, 100%, 24%. 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

#796C00#796C00

HEX#796C00

RGBrgb(121, 108, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4235, 0

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(53.6, 100%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 100%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 100%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,504

CSS custom property--colour: #796C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.31:1

Contrast with white5.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#8693FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6D0Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#83635Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.96:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.9 Peru · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000D79

Analogous#792F00, #497900

Triadic#00796C, #6C0079

Split complementary#004979, #2F0079

Tetradic#007930, #000D79, #79004A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFEB46

Lighter +30%#FFE613

Lighter +20%#DFC700

Lighter +10%#AC9A00

Darker −10%#463E00

Darker −20%#131100

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#796C00

Less saturated −25%#6A600F

Channel breakdown

R121

G108

Red121 (47.5%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.55°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6C · B 00

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