Recognised as Colour

#798D00

#798D00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olivedrab

#798D00 is a yellow with RGB values 121, 141, 0 and HSL 69°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#798D00#798D00

HEX#798D00

RGBrgb(121, 141, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5529, 0

RGB percentages47.5%, 55.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(68.5, 100%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.5, 100%, 55.3%)

CMYK14.2%, 0%, 100%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,965,952

CSS custom property--colour: #798D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness126.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.62:1

Contrast with white3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#8672FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#978400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#958518no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original

Tritanopia#818577no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 10.6 Olive · ΔE 10.7 Yellow green · ΔE 27.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.2 Forest green · ΔE 30.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14008D

Analogous#8D5A00, #338D00

Triadic#00798D, #8D0079

Split complementary#00338D, #5A008D

Tetradic#008D5A, #14008D, #8D0033

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8FF5A

Lighter +30%#E0FF27

Lighter +20%#D1F300

Lighter +10%#A5C000

Darker −10%#4D5A00

Darker −20%#212700

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#798D00

Less saturated −25%#6C7B12

Channel breakdown

R121

G141

Red121 (47.5%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue68.51°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 79 · G 8D · B 00

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Colour values

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