Recognised as Colour

#685B22

#685B22
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685B22 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 91, 34 and HSL 49°, 51%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#685B22

RGBrgb(104, 91, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3569, 0.1333

RGB percentages40.8%, 35.7%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(48.9, 50.7%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 67.3%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 12.5%, 67.3%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,839,074

CSS custom property--colour: #685B22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10541WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.76:1

Contrast with white6.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#97A4DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64591Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#685D25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#70544Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.3 Olive · ΔE 28.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.6 Sienna · ΔE 32 Olivedrab · ΔE 34.3 Dim grey · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#222F68

Analogous#683822, #526822

Triadic#22685B, #5B2268

Split complementary#225268, #382268

Tetradic#226838, #222F68, #682252

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6C680

Lighter +30%#C9B45A

Lighter +20%#B59E3B

Lighter +10%#8E7D2F

Darker −10%#423915

Darker −20%#1B1809

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#796611

Less saturated −25%#575033

Channel breakdown

R104

G91

B34

Red104 (40.8%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue48.86°

Saturation (HSL)50.72%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 5B · B 22

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Colour values

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