#79940e

Color #79940e

A vivid, highly saturated dark green.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 9.23 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79940e

RGB

rgb(121, 148, 14)

HSL

hsl(72.1, 82.7%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.1, 90.5%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 90.5%, 42%)

LAB

lab(57.34, -26.09, 58.26)

LCH

lch(57.34, 63.84, 114.12)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1473, 121.88)

HWB

hwb(72.1, 5.5%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#290e94

Analogous

#946c0e

#79940e

#36940e

Triadic

#79940e

#0e7994

#940e79

Split-complementary

#79940e

#0e3694

#6c0e94

Tetradic

#79940e

#0e9429

#290e94

#940e79

Square

#79940e

#0e946c

#290e94

#940e36

Shades

Color #79940e mixed toward black.

#657b0c

#516309

#3d4a07

#283105

#141902

Tints

Color #79940e mixed toward white.

#a4c913

#c4eb2b

#d3f060

#e2f595

#f0faca

Tones

Color #79940e mixed toward gray.

#728919

#6c7e24

#657330

#5e673b

#585c46

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86864d · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#848255 · ΔE 13.8

Tritanopia

#7b656a · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 26.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79940e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79940e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#79940e (#79940e) is rgb(121, 148, 14) in RGB.

No, #79940e 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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