Colour

#685F35

#685F35
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#685F35 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 95, 53 and HSL 49°, 32%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#685F35#685F35

HEX#685F35

RGBrgb(104, 95, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.3725, 0.2078

RGB percentages40.8%, 37.3%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(49.4, 32.5%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 49%, 40.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.7%, 49%, 59.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,840,117

CSS custom property--colour: #685F35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.41:1

Contrast with white6.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#97A0CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665D32no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#696037no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#6F5955no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17 Dim grey · ΔE 25.7 Gray · ΔE 28.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.4 Sienna · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#353E68

Analogous#684635, #586835

Triadic#35685F, #5F3568

Split complementary#355868, #463568

Tetradic#356845, #353E68, #683557

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CDC49C

Lighter +30%#BBB07B

Lighter +20%#AA9C59

Lighter +10%#8A7E46

Darker −10%#464024

Darker −20%#242113

Darker −30%#030201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C6C21

Less saturated −25%#545249

Channel breakdown

R104

G95

B53

Red104 (40.8%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue49.41°

Saturation (HSL)32.48%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 68 · G 5F · B 35

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