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Recognised as Colour

#797E5C

  • #797E5C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#797E5C is a yellow with RGB values 121, 126, 92 and HSL 69°, 16%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#797E5C#797E5C
HEX#797E5C
RGBrgb(121, 126, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.4941, 0.3608
RGB percentages47.5%, 49.4%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(68.8, 15.6%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68.8, 27%, 49.4%)
CMYK4%, 0%, 27%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,962,204
CSS custom property--colour: #797E5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness121.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7A7A7A
Inverted#8681A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#837B5Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#837B5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Tritanopia#7D7A75no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.1Gray · ΔE 19.7Dim grey · ΔE 20.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.9Dark grey · ΔE 26.4Tan · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#615C7E
Analogous#7E725C, #687E5C
Triadic#5C797E, #7E5C79
Split complementary#5C687E, #725C7E
Tetradic#5C7E72, #615C7E, #7E5C68

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8DACC
Lighter +30%#C1C4AF
Lighter +20%#AAAF91
Lighter +10%#949974
Darker −10%#5D6146
Darker −20%#404331
Darker −30%#24261B
Darker −40%#080806
More saturated +25%#8C9941
Less saturated −25%#6D6D6D

Channel breakdown

R121
G126
B92
Red121 (47.5%)
Green126 (49.4%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue68.82°
Saturation (HSL)15.6%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G 7E · B 5C

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