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Recognised as Colour

#79900A

  • #79900A
  • Green
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olivedrab

#79900A is a green with RGB values 121, 144, 10 and HSL 70°, 87%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olivedrab.

Colour values

#79900A#79900A
HEX#79900A
RGBrgb(121, 144, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.5647, 0.0392
RGB percentages47.5%, 56.5%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(70.3, 87%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(70.3, 93.1%, 56.5%)
CMYK16%, 0%, 93.1%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,966,730
CSS custom property--colour: #79900A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.81:1
Contrast with white3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#866FF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A8700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#97871Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Tritanopia#81887Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Olivedrab · ΔE 9.3Olive · ΔE 12.1Yellow green · ΔE 26.1Forest green · ΔE 29Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7Green · ΔE 30.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlivedrab (#6B8E23)ΔE 9.31, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#210A90
Analogous#90640A, #36900A
Triadic#0A7990, #900A79
Split complementary#0A3690, #640A90
Tetradic#0A9064, #210A90, #900A36

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEF571
Lighter +30%#D4F241
Lighter +20%#C9EF11
Lighter +10%#A1C00D
Darker −10%#516007
Darker −20%#293103
Darker −30%#010100
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#809A00
Less saturated −25%#6C7D1D

Channel breakdown

R121
G144
B10
Red121 (47.5%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue70.3°
Saturation (HSL)87.01%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 79 · G 90 · B 0A

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