Colour

#686A25

#686A25
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#686A25 is a yellow with RGB values 104, 106, 37 and HSL 62°, 48%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#686A25

RGBrgb(104, 106, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.4157, 0.1451

RGB percentages40.8%, 41.6%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(61.7, 48.3%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(61.7, 65.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK1.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,842,917

CSS custom property--colour: #686A25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.71:1

Contrast with white5.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#9795DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#72651Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#736729no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6F635Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 10.6 Olive · ΔE 21.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 24.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.2 Dark green · ΔE 33.8 Sea green · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 10.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27256A

Analogous#6A4A25, #456A25

Triadic#25686A, #6A2568

Split complementary#25466A, #4A256A

Tetradic#256A4A, #27256A, #6A2546

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3D586

Lighter +30%#C5C860

Lighter +20%#B2B63F

Lighter +10%#8D9032

Darker −10%#434418

Darker −20%#1E1E0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#797C13

Less saturated −25%#575837

Channel breakdown

R104

G106

B37

Red104 (40.8%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue61.74°

Saturation (HSL)48.25%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G 6A · B 25

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Colour values

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