Recognised as Colour

#796D23

#796D23
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#796D23 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 109, 35 and HSL 52°, 55%, 31%. 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#796D23

RGBrgb(121, 109, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4275, 0.1373

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.7%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(51.6, 55.1%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 71.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 71.1%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,795

CSS custom property--colour: #796D23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15124WCAG 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#8692DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786A19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6E27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#83655Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.1 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

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.2 Olive · ΔE 18.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 26.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.1 Peru · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#232F79

Analogous#794223, #5A7923

Triadic#23796D, #6D2379

Split complementary#235A79, #422379

Tetradic#237942, #232F79, #79235A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDD28B

Lighter +30%#D2C263

Lighter +20%#C6B33C

Lighter +10%#A1912E

Darker −10%#514918

Darker −20%#2A260C

Darker −30%#020201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D7B10

Less saturated −25%#665F37

Channel breakdown

R121

G109

B35

Red121 (47.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue51.63°

Saturation (HSL)55.13%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6D · B 23

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