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#78794E

#78794e ≈ Dark Olive Green

  • yellow
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#78794e is a color from the yellow family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 47.45% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.83% cyan, 0% magenta, 35.54% yellow and 52.55% black. Its hue angle is 61.4°, with 21.61% saturation and 39.02% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Olive Green (#556b2f), ΔE 10.1.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.1822

Complementary

  1. #78794e
  2. #4f4e79

Split complementary

  1. #78794e
  2. #4e6279
  3. #654e79

Analogous

  1. #79654e
  2. #78794e
  3. #62794e

Triadic

  1. #78794e
  2. #4e7879
  3. #794e78

Tetradic

  1. #78794e
  2. #4e794f
  3. #4f4e79
  4. #794e78

Square

  1. #78794e
  2. #4e7965
  3. #4f4e79
  4. #794e62

Monochromatic

  1. #1c1c12
  2. #4a4a30
  3. #78794e
  4. #a2a370
  5. #c0c19f

Shades

#78794e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #78794e
  2. #6c6d46
  3. #60613e
  4. #545537
  5. #48492f
  6. #3c3d27
  7. #30301f
  8. #242417
  9. #181810
  10. #0c0c08
  11. #000000

Tints

#78794e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #78794e
  2. #868660
  3. #939471
  4. #a1a183
  5. #aeaf95
  6. #bcbca7
  7. #c9c9b8
  8. #d7d7ca
  9. #e4e4dc
  10. #f2f2ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#78794e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #78794e
  2. #797a53
  3. #7a7a58
  4. #7a7b5d
  5. #7b7c62
  6. #7c7d67
  7. #7d7d6c
  8. #7e7e71
  9. #7e7f76
  10. #7f7f7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #777768 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80754b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #807750 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7e746e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d774c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d784f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b7663 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-78794e {
  color: #78794e;
}
Background
.bg-78794e {
  background-color: #78794e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-78794e {
  border: 2px solid #78794e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #78794e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 121 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 61 22% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-78794e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #78794e, #62794e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-78794e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 121 78 / 0.35);
}

#556b2f Dark Olive Green ΔE 10.10 #4f7942 Fern Green ΔE 11.37 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.07 #8a9a5b Moss Green ΔE 12.09 #507d2a Sap Green ΔE 12.29 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 12.74 #6b8e23 Olive Drab ΔE 13.31 #8786b1 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Dark Olive Green
#78794e  rgb(120, 121, 78)  hsl(61, 22%, 39%)  Dark Olive Green
#4f4e79  rgb(79, 78, 121)  hsl(241, 22%, 39%)  Dark Slate Blue
#4e7879  rgb(78, 120, 121)  hsl(181, 22%, 39%)  Myrtle Green
#794e78  rgb(121, 78, 120)  hsl(301, 22%, 39%)  Deep Plum