Colour

#685D27

#685D27
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685D27 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 93, 39 and HSL 50°, 45%, 28%. 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

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HEX#685D27

RGBrgb(104, 93, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3647, 0.1529

RGB percentages40.8%, 36.5%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(49.8, 45.5%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 62.5%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 62.5%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,839,591

CSS custom property--colour: #685D27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.6:1

Contrast with white6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#97A2D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665B21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#695F2Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#705651no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.1 Olive · ΔE 29.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Dim grey · ΔE 32.5 Sienna · ΔE 32.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#273268

Analogous#683C27, #536827

Triadic#27685D, #5D2768

Split complementary#275368, #3C2768

Tetradic#27683C, #273268, #682753

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3C688

Lighter +30%#C5B463

Lighter +20%#B29F43

Lighter +10%#8D7E35

Darker −10%#433C19

Darker −20%#1E1B0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A6915

Less saturated −25%#565139

Channel breakdown

R104

G93

B39

Red104 (40.8%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue49.85°

Saturation (HSL)45.45%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 5D · B 27

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