#798317

sRGB: 121 / 131 / 23

#798317 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 121 red, 131 green and 23 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 65.6° lands in the yellow region. Its 70.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 30.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 121, 131, 23
HSL: 65.56°, 70.13%, 30.20%
HSV / HSB: 65.56°, 82.44%, 51.37%
CMYK (approx.): 7.63%, 0.00%, 82.44%, 48.63%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.156, 20.359, 3.889
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 52.241, -17.173, 51.795
WCAG relative luminance: 0.20359
24-bit decimal: 7963415

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #798317 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.07:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.14:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#211783 sits half a turn (180°) from #798317 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#798317 #211783

Analogous

#835717 and #438317 sit 30° to either side of #798317. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#835717 #798317 #438317

Triadic

#798317, #177983 and #831779 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#798317 #177983 #831779

Split complementary

Start at #798317 and look across the wheel. #174383 and #571783 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#798317 #174383 #571783

Square

Starting with #798317, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #178357, #211783, then #831743. Across the square, #798317 pairs with #211783, and #178357 with #831743.

#798317 #178357 #211783 #831743

Tetradic

#798317 and #211783 are opposites, as are #178321 and #831779. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#798317 #178321 #211783 #831779

Tints

Mixing #798317 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #949C45, keeps 80% of the original. By #E4E6D1, the mixture is 80% white.

#798317 #949C45 #AFB574 #C9CDA2 #E4E6D1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #798317 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #616912, keeps 80% of the original. By #181A05, the mixture is 80% black.

#798317 #616912 #494F0E #303409 #181A05 #000000

Tones

Mixing #798317 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7A822C, keeps 80% of the original. By #7F816B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#798317 #7A822C #7C8241 #7D8156 #7F816B #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#798317

RGB

rgb(121 131 23)

HSL

hsl(65.556 70.130% 30.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #798317;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#798317 uses 121 red, 131 green and 23 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 47.5%

Green 51.4%

Blue 9.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #798317 is 7.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 82.4% yellow and 48.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 82.4%

Black 48.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #778811. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #781 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #798317 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #669900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #778811 Nearest web-safe: #669900

Gradient to complement

#798317 #6A7129 #5C5F3B #4D4D4D #3E3B5F #302971 #211783

Color vision previews

Compare how #798317 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8C7D22

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#817B6F

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#877E0C

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#877F1D

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7C8048

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#7D7D7D

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#7B805C

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.19120 G 0.22697 B 0.00857

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.48177 G 0.51248 B 0.18103

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.19755 G 0.22578 B 0.02750

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.400 y 0.504 Y 20.359

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 52.549 M % 48.627 Y % 90.980

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01111001 10000011 00010111