Colour

#798B00

#798B00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#798B00 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 139, 0 and HSL 68°, 100%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#798B00#798B00

HEX#798B00

RGBrgb(121, 139, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5451, 0

RGB percentages47.5%, 54.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(67.8, 100%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.8, 100%, 54.5%)

CMYK12.9%, 0%, 100%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,965,440

CSS custom property--colour: #798B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D

Inverted#8674FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#958200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#938317no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Tritanopia#818375no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 9.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 10.8 Yellow green · ΔE 28.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.6 Forest green · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12008B

Analogous#8B5700, #348B00

Triadic#00798B, #8B0079

Split complementary#00348B, #57008B

Tetradic#008B57, #12008B, #8B0034

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9FF58

Lighter +30%#E3FF25

Lighter +20%#D2F100

Lighter +10%#A5BE00

Darker −10%#4D5800

Darker −20%#202500

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#798B00

Less saturated −25%#6C7A11

Channel breakdown

R121

G139

Red121 (47.5%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue67.77°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G 8B · B 00

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