Colour

#796D21

#796D21
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796D21 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 109, 33 and HSL 52°, 57%, 30%. 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#796D21

RGBrgb(121, 109, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4275, 0.1294

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.7%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(51.8, 57.1%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 72.7%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 72.7%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,793

CSS custom property--colour: #796D21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.22:1

Contrast with white5.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#8692DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786A16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6E26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#83655Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 17.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.6 Peru · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 17.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#212D79

Analogous#794121, #597921

Triadic#21796D, #6D2179

Split complementary#215979, #412179

Tetradic#217941, #212D79, #792159

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DED388

Lighter +30%#D3C45F

Lighter +20%#C9B537

Lighter +10%#A1912C

Darker −10%#514916

Darker −20%#29250B

Darker −30%#010100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C7B0E

Less saturated −25%#665F34

Channel breakdown

R121

G109

B33

Red121 (47.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue51.82°

Saturation (HSL)57.14%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6D · B 21

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