Recognised as Colour

#796D06

#796D06
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796D06 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 109, 6 and HSL 54°, 91%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#796D06

RGBrgb(121, 109, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4275, 0.0235

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.7%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(53.7, 90.6%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.7, 95%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 95%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,766

CSS custom property--colour: #796D06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15015WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.6 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#686868

Inverted#8692F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#796900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C6E12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#83645Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 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

Olive · ΔE 11.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.1 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.1 Peru · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#061279

Analogous#793406, #4B7906

Triadic#06796D, #6D0679

Split complementary#064B79, #340679

Tetradic#067934, #061279, #79064B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7E654

Lighter +30%#F4DE24

Lighter +20%#DAC50B

Lighter +10%#AA9908

Darker −10%#484104

Darker −20%#181501

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F7200

Less saturated −25%#696016

Channel breakdown

R121

G109

Red121 (47.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue53.74°

Saturation (HSL)90.55%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6D · B 06

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