Colour

#796D2C

#796D2C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#796D2C is a yellow with RGB values 121, 109, 44 and HSL 51°, 47%, 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#796D2C

RGBrgb(121, 109, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4275, 0.1725

RGB percentages47.5%, 42.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(50.6, 46.7%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 63.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.9%, 63.6%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,957,804

CSS custom property--colour: #796D2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.2:1

Contrast with white5.2:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#8692D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#776A25no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6F2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#82655Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.7 Olive · ΔE 22.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.7 Peru · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C3879

Analogous#79472C, #5E792C

Triadic#2C796D, #6D2C79

Split complementary#2C5E79, #472C79

Tetradic#2C7946, #2C3879, #792C5E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9CF98

Lighter +30%#CCBE72

Lighter +20%#BEAD4D

Lighter +10%#9E8F3A

Darker −10%#544B1E

Darker −20%#2E2A11

Darker −30%#090803

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E7B17

Less saturated −25%#645F41

Channel breakdown

R121

G109

B44

Red121 (47.5%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue50.65°

Saturation (HSL)46.67%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6D · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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