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Colour

#685C09

  • #685C09
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685C09 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 92, 9 and HSL 52°, 84%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#685C09#685C09
HEX#685C09
RGBrgb(104, 92, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3608, 0.0353
RGB percentages40.8%, 36.1%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(52.4, 84.1%, 22.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 91.3%, 40.8%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 91.3%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,839,305
CSS custom property--colour: #685C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10617WCAG 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 6.72:1
Contrast with white6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#97A3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#665900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#695E11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#71544Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 20.1Olive · ΔE 20.4Olivedrab · ΔE 29.5Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.1Peru · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 20.06, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#091568
Analogous#682D09, #446809
Triadic#09685C, #5C0968
Split complementary#094468, #2D0968
Tetradic#09682D, #091568, #680944

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0DB4D
Lighter +30%#ECD21E
Lighter +20%#C6AF11
Lighter +10%#97860D
Darker −10%#393205
Darker −20%#0A0901
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#716300
Less saturated −25%#5A5117

Channel breakdown

R104
G92
B9
Red104 (40.8%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue52.42°
Saturation (HSL)84.07%
Lightness22.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 68 · G 5C · B 09

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