#797942

Color #797942

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 12.63 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#797942

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 66)

HSL

hsl(60, 29.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 45.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.5%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(49.66, -8.63, 30.05)

LCH

lch(49.66, 31.26, 106.02)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.0762, 108.6)

HWB

hwb(60, 25.9%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424279

Analogous

#795e42

#797942

#5e7942

Triadic

#797942

#427979

#794279

Split-complementary

#797942

#425e79

#5e4279

Tetradic

#797942

#427942

#424279

#794279

Square

#797942

#42795e

#424279

#79425e

Shades

Color #797942 mixed toward black.

#656537

#51512c

#3d3d21

#282816

#14140b

Tints

Color #797942 mixed toward white.

#9c9c55

#b3b374

#c6c697

#d9d9b9

#ececdc

Tones

Color #797942 mixed toward gray.

#757547

#70704b

#6b6b50

#676754

#626259

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797953 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#797957 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#795f61 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 18.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #797942;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797942]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#797942 (#797942) is rgb(121, 121, 66) in RGB.

No, #797942 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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