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Recognised as Colour

#798A21

  • #798A21
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olivedrab

#798A21 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 138, 33 and HSL 70°, 61%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#798A21#798A21
HEX#798A21
RGBrgb(121, 138, 33)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5412, 0.1294
RGB percentages47.5%, 54.1%, 12.9%
HSLhsl(69.7, 61.4%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.7, 76.1%, 54.1%)
CMYK12.3%, 0%, 76.1%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,965,217
CSS custom property--colour: #798A21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22352WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.47:1
Contrast with white3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#8675DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93820Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#92832Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#818276no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 7.9Olive · ΔE 10Dark olivegreen · ΔE 23.4Dark khaki · ΔE 24.9Forest green · ΔE 30Dark green · ΔE 30.6
Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 7.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#32218A
Analogous#8A6621, #448A21
Triadic#21798A, #8A2179
Split complementary#21448A, #67218A
Tetradic#218A67, #32218A, #8A2144

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8E592
Lighter +30%#C9DB69
Lighter +20%#BAD140
Lighter +10%#9DB32B
Darker −10%#556117
Darker −20%#31380D
Darker −30%#0D0F03
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#879F0C
Less saturated −25%#6B7536

Channel breakdown

R121
G138
B33
Red121 (47.5%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue33 (12.9%)
Hue69.71°
Saturation (HSL)61.4%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G 8A · B 21

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