Recognised as Colour
#796F49
- #796F49
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark olivegreen
#796F49 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 111, 73 and HSL 48°, 25%, 38%. 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
#796F49#796F49
HEX#796F49
RGBrgb(121, 111, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4353, 0.2863
RGB percentages47.5%, 43.5%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(47.5, 24.7%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 39.7%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.3%, 39.7%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,958,345
CSS custom property--colour: #796F49;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.15915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.02:1
Contrast with white5.02:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#8690B6
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.02:1WCAG 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#495379
Analogous#795749, #6B7949
Triadic#49796F, #6F4979
Split complementary#496B79, #574979
Tetradic#497957, #495379, #79496B
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R121
G111
B73
Red121 (47.5%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue47.5°
Saturation (HSL)24.74%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 6F · B 49
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