#797961

Color #797961

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.32 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#797961

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 97)

HSL

hsl(60, 11%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 19.8%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.8%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(50.22, -4.38, 13.21)

LCH

lch(50.22, 13.92, 108.34)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0354, 107.41)

HWB

hwb(60, 38%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#616179

Analogous

#796d61

#797961

#6d7961

Triadic

#797961

#617979

#796179

Split-complementary

#797961

#616d79

#6d6179

Tetradic

#797961

#617961

#616179

#796179

Square

#797961

#61796d

#616179

#79616d

Shades

Color #797961 mixed toward black.

#656551

#515141

#3c3c30

#282820

#141410

Tints

Color #797961 mixed toward white.

#939378

#a8a893

#bebeae

#d4d4c9

#e9e9e4

Tones

Color #797961 mixed toward gray.

#777763

#757565

#737367

#717169

#6f6f6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797967 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#797969 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#796c6d · ΔE 16.7

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 11.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797961;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797961]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#797961 (#797961) is rgb(121, 121, 97) in RGB.

No, #797961 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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