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Colour

#685D18

  • #685D18
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685D18 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 93, 24 and HSL 52°, 63%, 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

#685D18#685D18
HEX#685D18
RGBrgb(104, 93, 24)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3647, 0.0941
RGB percentages40.8%, 36.5%, 9.4%
HSLhsl(51.7, 62.5%, 25.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 76.9%, 40.8%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 76.9%, 59.2%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,839,576
CSS custom property--colour: #685D18;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10838WCAG 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#97A2E7

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#675A0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A5E1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#71564Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 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

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#182368
Analogous#683518, #4B6818
Triadic#18685D, #5D1868
Split complementary#184B68, #351868
Tetradic#186835, #182368, #68184B

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#DECE6E
Lighter +30%#D4C045
Lighter +20%#BBA72B
Lighter +10%#918222
Darker −10%#3F380E
Darker −20%#151305
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#786908
Less saturated −25%#585128

Channel breakdown

R104
G93
B24
Red104 (40.8%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue24 (9.4%)
Hue51.75°
Saturation (HSL)62.5%
Lightness25.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 68 · G 5D · B 18

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