#797a73

Color #797a73

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 4.87 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-500 #737373 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#797a73

RGB

rgb(121, 122, 115)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 3%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 5.7%, 47.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 5.7%, 52.2%)

LAB

lab(50.95, -1.75, 3.7)

LCH

lch(50.95, 4.09, 115.31)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0106, 113.41)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 45.1%, 52.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#74737a

Analogous

#7a7873

#797a73

#767a73

Triadic

#797a73

#73797a

#7a7379

Split-complementary

#797a73

#73767a

#78737a

Tetradic

#797a73

#737a74

#74737a

#7a7379

Square

#797a73

#737a78

#74737a

#7a7376

Shades

Color #797a73 mixed toward black.

#656660

#51514d

#3d3d3a

#282926

#141413

Tints

Color #797a73 mixed toward white.

#90918a

#a6a7a1

#bcbdb9

#d2d3d0

#e9e9e8

Tones

Color #797a73 mixed toward gray.

#797a74

#787974

#787875

#777875

#777776

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797975 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#797975 · ΔE 1.8

Tritanopia

#797676 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 4.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #797a73;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797a73]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#797a73 (#797a73) is rgb(121, 122, 115) in RGB.

No, #797a73 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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