Recognised as Colour

#797F32

#797F32
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#797F32 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 127, 50 and HSL 65°, 44%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#797F32

RGBrgb(121, 127, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.498, 0.1961

RGB percentages47.5%, 49.8%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(64.7, 43.5%, 34.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.7, 60.6%, 49.8%)

CMYK4.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,962,418

CSS custom property--colour: #797F32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#787878

Inverted#8680CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#887929no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#887B37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#81786Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 14.2 Olive · ΔE 16.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 17.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.6 Dark seagreen · ΔE 32.1 Sea green · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 14.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38327F

Analogous#7F5E32, #537F32

Triadic#32797F, #7F3279

Split complementary#32537F, #5E327F

Tetradic#327F5E, #38327F, #7F3253

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6DBA2

Lighter +30%#C6CC7E

Lighter +20%#B6BE59

Lighter +10%#9CA440

Darker −10%#565A24

Darker −20%#333615

Darker −30%#101107

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C951C

Less saturated −25%#666948

Channel breakdown

R121

G127

B50

Red121 (47.5%)

Green127 (49.8%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue64.68°

Saturation (HSL)43.5%

Lightness34.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G 7F · B 32

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