Palettes / Colors / #798E01

#798E01 — Vivid Yellow

#798E01 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #798E01 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#798E01 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #16018E; it also sits naturally between #8E5D01 and #328E01. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 47% · Green 56% · Blue 0%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 44%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #798E01

.text { color: #798E01; }
.background { background-color: #798E01; }
.border { border: 3px solid #798E01; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(121, 142, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 99%, 28%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #798E01; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(121, 142, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #798E01; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(121, 142, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#798E01">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#798E01">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #16018E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #798E01: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #798E01

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #798E01 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #798E01 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #798E00  ·  #798E02 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #798E01?

#798E01 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 121, 142, 1). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #798E01?

#798E01 is RGB 121, 142, 1 — HSL 69°, 99%, 28% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 99%, 44%.

What colors go with #798E01?

Its complement is #16018E; analogous partners are #8E5D01 and #328E01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #798E01 for text?

Black text on #798E01 has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.70:1.