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Recognised as Colour

#685C04

  • #685C04
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#685C04 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 92, 4 and HSL 53°, 93%, 21%. 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

#685C04#685C04
HEX#685C04
RGBrgb(104, 92, 4)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3608, 0.0157
RGB percentages40.8%, 36.1%, 1.6%
HSLhsl(52.8, 92.6%, 21.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 96.2%, 40.8%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 96.2%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,839,300
CSS custom property--colour: #685C04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10606WCAG 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#97A3FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#665900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#695E0Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#71544Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.3 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

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 19.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#041068
Analogous#682A04, #426804
Triadic#04685C, #5C0468
Split complementary#044268, #2A0468
Tetradic#04682A, #041068, #680442

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#F8E240
Lighter +30%#F6DA0F
Lighter +20%#CAB308
Lighter +10%#998706
Darker −10%#373102
Darker −20%#060500
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6C5F00
Less saturated −25%#5A5212

Channel breakdown

R104
G92
B4
Red104 (40.8%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue4 (1.6%)
Hue52.8°
Saturation (HSL)92.59%
Lightness21.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 68 · G 5C · B 04

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