Colour

#796C19

#796C19
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796C19 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 108, 25 and HSL 52°, 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#796C19

RGBrgb(121, 108, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4235, 0.098

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.4%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(51.9, 65.8%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 79.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 79.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,529

CSS custom property--colour: #796C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1486WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#8693E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776907no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6E1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#83635Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8 Peru · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#192679

Analogous#793C19, #567919

Triadic#19796C, #6C1979

Split complementary#195679, #3C1979

Tetradic#19793C, #192679, #791956

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4D57A

Lighter +30%#DBC850

Lighter +20%#CEB72A

Lighter +10%#A39222

Darker −10%#4F4610

Darker −20%#242108

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B7907

Less saturated −25%#675F2B

Channel breakdown

R121

G108

B25

Red121 (47.5%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue51.88°

Saturation (HSL)65.75%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6C · B 19

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