#797a50

Color #797a50

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 15.84 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#797a50

RGB

rgb(121, 122, 80)

HSL

hsl(61.4, 20.8%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.4, 34.4%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 34.4%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(50.17, -7.48, 22.92)

LCH

lch(50.17, 24.11, 108.07)

OKLCH

oklch(56.8%, 0.0602, 109.31)

HWB

hwb(61.4, 31.4%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51507a

Analogous

#7a6650

#797a50

#647a50

Triadic

#797a50

#50797a

#7a5079

Split-complementary

#797a50

#50647a

#66507a

Tetradic

#797a50

#507a51

#51507a

#7a5079

Square

#797a50

#507a66

#51507a

#7a5064

Shades

Color #797a50 mixed toward black.

#656643

#515135

#3d3d28

#28291b

#14140d

Tints

Color #797a50 mixed toward white.

#989964

#adae83

#c1c2a2

#d6d6c1

#eaebe0

Tones

Color #797a50 mixed toward gray.

#767653

#727357

#6f6f5a

#6c6c5e

#686861

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#79795c · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#79795f · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#796567 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 16.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797a50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797a50]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#797a50 (#797a50) is rgb(121, 122, 80) in RGB.

No, #797a50 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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