Recognised as Colour

#796D22

#796D22
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#796D22 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 109, 34 and HSL 52°, 56%, 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#796D22

RGBrgb(121, 109, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4275, 0.1333

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.7%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(51.7, 56.1%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 71.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 71.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,794

CSS custom property--colour: #796D22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15118WCAG 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 5.22:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#8692DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786A17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6E26no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#83655Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 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 18.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Peru · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#222E79

Analogous#794222, #5A7922

Triadic#22796D, #6D2279

Split complementary#225A79, #412279

Tetradic#227941, #222E79, #79225A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DED289

Lighter +30%#D3C361

Lighter +20%#C8B439

Lighter +10%#A1912D

Darker −10%#514917

Darker −20%#29250C

Darker −30%#020100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C7B0F

Less saturated −25%#665F35

Channel breakdown

R121

G109

B34

Red121 (47.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue51.72°

Saturation (HSL)56.13%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6D · B 22

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