HEX atlas value

#90791D

#90791D is a warm yellow HEX color close to Olive. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 144, 121, 29, HSL 48, 66%, 34%, has luminance 0.1969, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#90791D Sample readable text

HEX #90791D

RGB rgb(144, 121, 29)

HSL hsl(48 66% 34%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 16, 80, 44)

Luminance 0.1969

Contrast Black 4.94:1White 4.25:1

CSS

--color-90791d: #90791D;
.background-90791d { background-color: #90791D; }
.text-90791d { color: #90791D; }

Luminance0.1969

Black text4.94:1AA Pass

White text4.25:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#90791D","rgb":[144,121,29],"hsl":[48,66,34],"cmyk":[0,16,80,44],"luminance":0.1969,"contrast":{"black":4.94,"white":4.25}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.94,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.25,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#44390E","hex":"#44390E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.84,"contrastWhite":11.43,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#1D3490","hex":"#1D3490","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.95,"contrastWhite":10.79,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#D5B534","hex":"#D5B534","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.49,"contrastWhite":2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#90401D","hex":"#90401D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.94,"contrastWhite":7.15,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#A3840A","hex":"#A3840A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":5.86,"contrastWhite":3.58,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Olive adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/90791d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1D3490","analogous":["#90401D","#6E901D"],"triadic":["#1D9079","#791D90"],"tetradic":["#1D9040","#1D3490","#901D6E"],"splitComplementary":["#1D6E90","#401D90"],"monochromatic":["#D5B534","#90791D","#44390E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D5B534","dark":"#44390E","saturated":"#A3840A","desaturated":"#7D6E31","pastel":"#CCB661","neon":"#D6AB00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":33.85262175962151},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":34.38022687534217},{"slug":"olive-green","name":"Olive Green","hex":"#708238","distance":42.82522621072771},{"slug":"olive-drab","name":"Olive Drab","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":42.96510211788167},{"slug":"olive-leaf","name":"Olive Leaf","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":42.96510211788167}]

HEX meaning and use

About #90791D

#90791D is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #90791D is visually closest to Olive, a named yellow color with HEX #808000.

The RGB channels are 144, 121, and 29, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 48deg with 66% saturation and 34% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.1969, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 33.85, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.94:1AA Pass

White text4.25:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #90791D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.94:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF4.25:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#44390E#FFFFFF text · best 11.43:1#44390E

#1D3490#FFFFFF text · best 10.79:1#1D3490

#D5B534#000000 text · best 10.49:1#D5B534

#90401D#FFFFFF text · best 7.15:1#90401D

#A3840A#000000 text · best 5.86:1#A3840A

Generated Palette

#90791D#90791D

#1D3490#1D3490

#90401D#90401D

#6E901D#6E901D

#D5B534#D5B534

#44390E#44390E

Color Harmonies

#1D3490#1D3490

#90401D#90401D

#6E901D#6E901D

#1D9079#1D9079

#791D90#791D90

Variants

#D5B534#D5B534

#44390E#44390E

#A3840A#A3840A

#7D6E31#7D6E31

#CCB661#CCB661

#D6AB00#D6AB00

Nearest Named Colors

Olive#808000

Cedar#8B5A2B

Olive Green#708238

Olive Drab#6B8E23

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

#90791D

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #90791D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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