#799310

sRGB · 121 / 147 / 16

#799310 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 121 red, 147 green and 16 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 71.9° lands in the yellow region. Its 80.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 32.0% 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 (5.99:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 121, 147, 16
HSL: 71.91°, 80.37%, 31.96%
HSV / HSB: 71.91°, 89.12%, 57.65%
CMYK (approx.): 17.69%, 0.00%, 89.12%, 42.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 18.412, 24.970, 4.340
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 57.046, -25.546, 57.628
WCAG relative luminance: 0.24970
24-bit decimal: 7967504

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 #799310 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 · 5.99:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.50:1

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. 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

#2A1093 sits half a turn (180°) from #799310 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.

#799310 #2A1093

Analogous

#936C10 and #379310 sit 30° to either side of #799310. 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.

#936C10 #799310 #379310

Triadic

#799310, #107993 and #931079 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#799310 #107993 #931079

Split complementary

Start at #799310 and look across the wheel. #103893 and #6B1093 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#799310 #103893 #6B1093

Square

Starting with #799310, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #10936B, #2A1093, then #931038. Across the square, #799310 pairs with #2A1093, and #10936B with #931038.

#799310 #10936B #2A1093 #931038

Tetradic

#799310 and #2A1093 are opposites, as are #10932A and #931079. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#799310 #10932A #2A1093 #931079

Tints

Mixing #799310 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #94A940, keeps 80% of the original. By #E4E9CF, the mixture is 80% white.

#799310 #94A940 #AFBE70 #C9D49F #E4E9CF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #799310 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #61760D, keeps 80% of the original. By #181D03, the mixture is 80% black.

#799310 #61760D #49580A #303B06 #181D03 #000000

Tones

Mixing #799310 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7A8F26, keeps 80% of the original. By #7F846A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#799310 #7A8F26 #7C8B3D #7D8853 #7F846A #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

#799310

RGB

rgb(121 147 16)

HSL

hsl(71.908 80.368% 31.961%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #799310;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#799310 uses 121 red, 147 green and 16 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 47.5%

Green 57.6%

Blue 6.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #799310 is 17.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 89.1% yellow and 42.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 17.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 89.1%

Black 42.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #779911. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #791 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #799310 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #669900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #779911 Nearest web-safe · #669900

Gradient to complement

#799310 #6C7D26 #5F673C #525252 #443C67 #37267D #2A1093

Color vision previews

Compare how #799310 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.

#9D8900

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.

#998921

Tritanopia

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

#808B7D

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.

#918D00

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.

#918C1B

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#7C904F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#898989

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.

#818E64

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 0.29177 B 0.00518

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 0.49458 G 0.57345 B 0.18669

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.20906 G 0.28843 B 0.02911

CIE xyY

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

x 0.386 y 0.523 Y 24.970

CMY

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

C % 52.549 M % 42.353 Y % 93.725

Binary RGB

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

01111001 10010011 00010000