#797960

Color #797960

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 14.88 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#797960

RGB

rgb(121, 121, 96)

HSL

hsl(60, 11.5%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 20.7%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.7%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(50.2, -4.54, 13.76)

LCH

lch(50.2, 14.49, 108.26)

OKLCH

oklch(56.9%, 0.0368, 107.55)

HWB

hwb(60, 37.6%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#606079

Analogous

#796c60

#797960

#6c7960

Triadic

#797960

#607979

#796079

Split-complementary

#797960

#606c79

#6c6079

Tetradic

#797960

#607960

#606079

#796079

Square

#797960

#60796c

#606079

#79606c

Shades

Color #797960 mixed toward black.

#656550

#515140

#3c3c30

#282820

#141410

Tints

Color #797960 mixed toward white.

#939377

#a8a892

#bebead

#d4d4c9

#e9e9e4

Tones

Color #797960 mixed toward gray.

#777762

#757564

#737366

#717168

#6e6e6a

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 2.7

Deuteranopia

#797968 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#796c6d · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797960;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797960]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#797960 (#797960) is rgb(121, 121, 96) in RGB.

No, #797960 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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