Colour
#796F46
- #796F46
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark olivegreen
#796F46 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 111, 70 and HSL 48°, 27%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.
Colour values
#796F46#796F46
HEX#796F46
RGBrgb(121, 111, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4353, 0.2745
RGB percentages47.5%, 43.5%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(48.2, 26.7%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 42.1%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.3%, 42.1%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,958,342
CSS custom property--colour: #796F46;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.15876WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.03:1
Contrast with white5.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#8690B9
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#465079
Analogous#795646, #6A7946
Triadic#46796F, #6F4679
Split complementary#466A79, #564679
Tetradic#467956, #465079, #79466A
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R121
G111
B70
Red121 (47.5%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue48.24°
Saturation (HSL)26.7%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 6F · B 46
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