Colour

#796C30

#796C30
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#796C30 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 108, 48 and HSL 49°, 43%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#796C30

RGBrgb(121, 108, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4235, 0.1882

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.4%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(49.3, 43.2%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 60.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.7%, 60.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,552

CSS custom property--colour: #796C30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15003WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1

Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#8693CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766A2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#796E33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#82655Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.7 Olive · ΔE 24.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2 Peru · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#303D79

Analogous#794830, #617930

Triadic#30796C, #6C3079

Split complementary#306279, #473079

Tetradic#307948, #303D79, #793062

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D8CE9D

Lighter +30%#CABB78

Lighter +20%#BBA954

Lighter +10%#9E8D3E

Darker −10%#544B22

Darker −20%#302B13

Darker −30%#0B0A05

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E7A1B

Less saturated −25%#645E45

Channel breakdown

R121

G108

B48

Red121 (47.5%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue49.32°

Saturation (HSL)43.2%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6C · B 30

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Colour values

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