Colour

#685C18

#685C18
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685C18 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 92, 24 and HSL 51°, 63%, 25%. 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

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HEX#685C18

RGBrgb(104, 92, 24)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3608, 0.0941

RGB percentages40.8%, 36.1%, 9.4%

HSLhsl(51, 62.5%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 76.9%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 76.9%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,839,320

CSS custom property--colour: #685C18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10663WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.7:1

Contrast with white6.7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#97A3E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#66590Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#695E1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#71554Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.7 Olive · ΔE 24.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 30 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.3 Sienna · ΔE 33.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#182468

Analogous#683418, #4C6818

Triadic#18685C, #5C1868

Split complementary#184C68, #341868

Tetradic#186834, #182468, #68184C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DECD6E

Lighter +30%#D4BF45

Lighter +20%#BBA52B

Lighter +10%#918122

Darker −10%#3F370E

Darker −20%#151305

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#786708

Less saturated −25%#585128

Channel breakdown

R104

G92

B24

Red104 (40.8%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue24 (9.4%)

Hue51°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 5C · B 18

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