#797b5f

Color #797b5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 16.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#797b5f

RGB

rgb(121, 123, 95)

HSL

hsl(64.3, 12.8%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.3, 22.8%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 22.8%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(50.75, -5.84, 15.11)

LCH

lch(50.75, 16.2, 111.13)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.0412, 111.08)

HWB

hwb(64.3, 37.3%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#615f7b

Analogous

#7b6f5f

#797b5f

#6b7b5f

Triadic

#797b5f

#5f797b

#7b5f79

Split-complementary

#797b5f

#5f6b7b

#6f5f7b

Tetradic

#797b5f

#5f7b61

#615f7b

#7b5f79

Square

#797b5f

#5f7b6f

#615f7b

#7b5f6b

Shades

Color #797b5f mixed toward black.

#65664f

#51523f

#3c3d2f

#282920

#141410

Tints

Color #797b5f mixed toward white.

#939576

#a8aa91

#bebfad

#d4d5c8

#e9eae4

Tones

Color #797b5f mixed toward gray.

#777861

#757664

#737466

#717268

#6f6f6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a67 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#7a7a68 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#796c6d · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797b5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797b5f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#797b5f (#797b5f) is rgb(121, 123, 95) in RGB.

No, #797b5f 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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