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Colour

#685E0B

  • #685E0B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685E0B is a yellow with RGB values 104, 94, 11 and HSL 54°, 81%, 23%. 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

#685E0B#685E0B
HEX#685E0B
RGBrgb(104, 94, 11)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3686, 0.0431
RGB percentages40.8%, 36.9%, 4.3%
HSLhsl(53.5, 80.9%, 22.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 89.4%, 40.8%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 89.4%, 59.2%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,839,819
CSS custom property--colour: #685E0B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.57:1
Contrast with white6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A
Inverted#97A1F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#685B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B5F13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#71564Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#0B1568
Analogous#68300B, #43680B
Triadic#0B685E, #5E0B68
Split complementary#0B4468, #2F0B68
Tetradic#0B6830, #0B1568, #680B44

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#EDDC52
Lighter +30%#E8D324
Lighter +20%#C4B115
Lighter +10%#968810
Darker −10%#3A3406
Darker −20%#0C0B01
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#736700
Less saturated −25%#5A5319

Channel breakdown

R104
G94
B11
Red104 (40.8%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue11 (4.3%)
Hue53.55°
Saturation (HSL)80.87%
Lightness22.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 68 · G 5E · B 0B

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