Colour

#796E2A

#796E2A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#796E2A is a yellow with RGB values 121, 110, 42 and HSL 52°, 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#796E2A

RGBrgb(121, 110, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4314, 0.1647

RGB percentages47.5%, 43.1%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(51.6, 48.5%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 65.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 65.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,958,058

CSS custom property--colour: #796E2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.15:1

Contrast with white5.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#8691D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786B22no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6F2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#826660no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.08:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.7 Olive · ΔE 20.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.2 Peru · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A3579

Analogous#79472A, #5C792A

Triadic#2A796E, #6E2A79

Split complementary#2A5D79, #462A79

Tetradic#2A7947, #2A3579, #792A5D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAD195

Lighter +30%#CDC06F

Lighter +20%#C0AF49

Lighter +10%#9F9037

Darker −10%#534C1D

Darker −20%#2D2910

Darker −30%#070703

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D7D16

Less saturated −25%#655F3E

Channel breakdown

R121

G110

B42

Red121 (47.5%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue51.65°

Saturation (HSL)48.47%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6E · B 2A

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