Colour

#796F3A

#796F3A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#796F3A is a yellow with RGB values 121, 111, 58 and HSL 50°, 35%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#796F3A

RGBrgb(121, 111, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4353, 0.2275

RGB percentages47.5%, 43.5%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(50.5, 35.2%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 52.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 52.1%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,958,330

CSS custom property--colour: #796F3A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#8690C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#786C35no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B703Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#816863no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.6 Olive · ΔE 28 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.5 Tan · ΔE 30.3 Dim grey · ΔE 31 Gray · ΔE 31.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A4479

Analogous#79503A, #63793A

Triadic#3A796F, #6F3A79

Split complementary#3A6379, #4F3A79

Tetradic#3A7950, #3A4479, #793A64

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6CFA9

Lighter +30%#C5BB87

Lighter +20%#B5A864

Lighter +10%#9B8F4B

Darker −10%#574F29

Darker −20%#343019

Darker −30%#121008

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F7E24

Less saturated −25%#636050

Channel breakdown

R121

G111

B58

Red121 (47.5%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue50.48°

Saturation (HSL)35.2%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 6F · B 3A

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