What color is #79825B?

#79825B is a grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Green Relict. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #79825B?

The RGB value is 121, 130, 91: 121 red, 130 green and 91 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #79825B?

The complementary color is #645B82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79825B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 and white text 4.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#79825B color

#79825B rgb(121, 130, 91)

Shades of green

The hex color #79825B is a grayish yellow-green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 51% green and 35.7% blue (121, 130, 91).

Its hue angle is 74°, with 18% saturation and 43% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Green Relict (#7B8762), a difference of 2.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.16:1).

#79825B color codes

HEX	`#79825B`
RGB	`rgb(121, 130, 91)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 51%, 35.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(74, 18%, 43%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(74, 30%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(7%, 0%, 30%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.71, -10.35, 20.06)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.71, 22.57, 117.3)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(17.756, 20.786, 12.972)`
Decimal	`7963227`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #79825B, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #79825B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.16:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#79825B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.16:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #79825B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79825b; }
.text { color: #79825b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79825b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 130 91 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79825b, #66825b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Warm Gray.

Questions

What color is #79825B?: #79825B is a grayish yellow-green, closest to the named color Green Relict. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #79825B?: The RGB value is 121, 130, 91: 121 red, 130 green and 91 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #79825B?: The complementary color is #645B82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79825B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 and white text 4.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.