#797c5f

Color #797c5f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium yellow.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 16.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#797c5f

RGB

rgb(121, 124, 95)

HSL

hsl(66.2, 13.2%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.2, 23.4%, 48.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 23.4%, 51.4%)

LAB

lab(51.04, -6.4, 15.5)

LCH

lch(51.04, 16.77, 112.44)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.0427, 112.6)

HWB

hwb(66.2, 37.3%, 51.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#625f7c

Analogous

#7c705f

#797c5f

#6a7c5f

Triadic

#797c5f

#5f797c

#7c5f79

Split-complementary

#797c5f

#5f6a7c

#705f7c

Tetradic

#797c5f

#5f7c62

#625f7c

#7c5f79

Square

#797c5f

#5f7c70

#625f7c

#7c5f6a

Shades

Color #797c5f mixed toward black.

#65674f

#51533f

#3c3e2f

#282920

#141510

Tints

Color #797c5f mixed toward white.

#929676

#a8ab91

#bec0ad

#d4d5c8

#e9eae4

Tones

Color #797c5f mixed toward gray.

#777961

#757764

#737566

#717269

#6f706b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7a67 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#7a7a69 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#796d6e · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 12.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #797c5f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#797c5f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#797c5f (#797c5f) is rgb(121, 124, 95) in RGB.

No, #797c5f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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