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Recognised as Colour

#685D17

  • #685D17
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685D17 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 93, 23 and HSL 52°, 64%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#685D17#685D17
HEX#685D17
RGBrgb(104, 93, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3647, 0.0902
RGB percentages40.8%, 36.5%, 9%
HSLhsl(51.9, 63.8%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 77.9%, 40.8%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 77.9%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,839,575
CSS custom property--colour: #685D17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#97A2E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#675A0Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A5E1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#71564Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.4Olive · ΔE 23.1Olivedrab · ΔE 30.4Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.7Sienna · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#172268
Analogous#683517, #4B6817
Triadic#17685D, #5D1768
Split complementary#174B68, #351768
Tetradic#176834, #172268, #68174A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFCF6C
Lighter +30%#D5C143
Lighter +20%#BCA829
Lighter +10%#928220
Darker −10%#3E380E
Darker −20%#141205
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#786907
Less saturated −25%#585127

Channel breakdown

R104
G93
B23
Red104 (40.8%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue51.85°
Saturation (HSL)63.78%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 68 · G 5D · B 17

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