Recognised as Colour

#685B00

#685B00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#685B00 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 91, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#685B00#685B00

HEX#685B00

RGBrgb(104, 91, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3569, 0

RGB percentages40.8%, 35.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.5, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 12.5%, 100%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,839,040

CSS custom property--colour: #685B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.81:1

Contrast with white6.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#575757

Inverted#97A4FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#695D09no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#71534Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 19.4 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6 Peru · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 19.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000D68

Analogous#682700, #416800

Triadic#00685B, #5B0068

Split complementary#004168, #270068

Tetradic#006827, #000D68, #680041

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE635

Lighter +30%#FFDF02

Lighter +20%#CEB400

Lighter +10%#9B8800

Darker −10%#352E00

Darker −20%#020200

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#685B00

Less saturated −25%#5B510D

Channel breakdown

R104

G91

Red104 (40.8%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 5B · B 00

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