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Colour

#686A00

  • #686A00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#686A00 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 106, 0 and HSL 61°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#686A00#686A00
HEX#686A00
RGBrgb(104, 106, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.4157, 0
RGB percentages40.8%, 41.6%, 0%
HSLhsl(61.1, 100%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61.1, 100%, 41.6%)
CMYK1.9%, 0%, 100%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,842,880
CSS custom property--colour: #686A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#9795FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#736500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#74670Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#706259no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 11.4Olivedrab · ΔE 19.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.5Dark khaki · ΔE 32.1Dark green · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 11.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#02006A
Analogous#6A3700, #336A00
Triadic#00686A, #6A0068
Split complementary#00336A, #37006A
Tetradic#006A37, #02006A, #6A0033

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFF37
Lighter +30%#FAFF04
Lighter +20%#CCD000
Lighter +10%#9A9D00
Darker −10%#363700
Darker −20%#040400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#686A00
Less saturated −25%#5B5D0D

Channel breakdown

R104
G106
B0
Red104 (40.8%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue61.13°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 68 · G 6A · B 00

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