Recognised as Colour

#686E2A

#686E2A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#686E2A is a yellow with RGB values 104, 110, 42 and HSL 65°, 45%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#686E2A

RGBrgb(104, 110, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4078, 0.4314, 0.1647

RGB percentages40.8%, 43.1%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(65.3, 44.7%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.3, 61.8%, 43.1%)

CMYK5.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,843,946

CSS custom property--colour: #686E2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14262WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.45:1

Contrast with white5.45:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#9791D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#766922no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#766A2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Tritanopia#6F685Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 8.8 Olive · ΔE 21.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 23 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.2 Sea green · ΔE 32.4 Dark green · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#302A6E

Analogous#6E522A, #466E2A

Triadic#2A686E, #6E2A68

Split complementary#2A466E, #522A6E

Tetradic#2A6E52, #302A6E, #6E2A46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CED490

Lighter +30%#BEC66B

Lighter +20%#AEB846

Lighter +10%#8B9338

Darker −10%#45491C

Darker −20%#22240E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#788117

Less saturated −25%#585B3D

Channel breakdown

R104

G110

B42

Red104 (40.8%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue65.29°

Saturation (HSL)44.74%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 68 · G 6E · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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