Colour

#796D2A

#796D2A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#796D2A is a yellow with RGB values 121, 109, 42 and HSL 51°, 48%, 32%. 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#796D2A

RGBrgb(121, 109, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4275, 0.1647

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(50.9, 48.5%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 65.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 65.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,802

CSS custom property--colour: #796D2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1

Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#8692D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776A22no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6F2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#82655Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17 Olive · ΔE 21.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.3 Peru · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A3679

Analogous#79452A, #5E792A

Triadic#2A796D, #6D2A79

Split complementary#2A5E79, #462A79

Tetradic#2A7945, #2A3679, #792A5D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAD095

Lighter +30%#CDBF6F

Lighter +20%#C0AE49

Lighter +10%#9F8F37

Darker −10%#534B1D

Darker −20%#2D2910

Darker −30%#070703

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D7B16

Less saturated −25%#655F3E

Channel breakdown

R121

G109

B42

Red121 (47.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue50.89°

Saturation (HSL)48.47%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6D · B 2A

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