Colour

#656D12

#656D12
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#656D12 is a yellow with RGB values 101, 109, 18 and HSL 65°, 72%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#656D12

RGBrgb(101, 109, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.4275, 0.0706

RGB percentages39.6%, 42.7%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(65.3, 71.7%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.3, 83.5%, 42.7%)

CMYK7.3%, 0%, 83.5%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,647,058

CSS custom property--colour: #656D12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#9A92ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#75681Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Tritanopia#6C665Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 17.8 Dark green · ΔE 29.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1A126D

Analogous#6D4712, #386D12

Triadic#12656D, #6D1265

Split complementary#12386D, #47126D

Tetradic#126D47, #1A126D, #6D1238

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DAE665

Lighter +30%#D0DE3A

Lighter +20%#B6C520

Lighter +10%#8E9919

Darker −10%#3C410B

Darker −20%#141504

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#727D02

Less saturated −25%#585D22

Channel breakdown

R101

G109

B18

Red101 (39.6%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue65.27°

Saturation (HSL)71.65%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 65 · G 6D · B 12

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