Colour

#685C00

#685C00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#685C00 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 92, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#685C00#685C00

HEX#685C00

RGBrgb(104, 92, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3608, 0

RGB percentages40.8%, 36.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(53.1, 100%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 100%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 100%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,839,296

CSS custom property--colour: #685C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.73:1

Contrast with white6.73:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#97A3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A5E0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#71544Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2 Peru · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000C68

Analogous#682800, #406800

Triadic#00685C, #5C0068

Split complementary#004068, #280068

Tetradic#006828, #000C68, #680040

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE835

Lighter +30%#FFE202

Lighter +20%#CEB600

Lighter +10%#9B8900

Darker −10%#352F00

Darker −20%#020200

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#685C00

Less saturated −25%#5B520D

Channel breakdown

R104

G92

Red104 (40.8%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 5C · B 00

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