Recognised as Colour

#856B00

#856B00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#856B00 is a yellow with RGB values 133, 107, 0 and HSL 48°, 100%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#856B00

RGBrgb(133, 107, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4196, 0

RGB percentages52.2%, 42%, 0%

HSLhsl(48.3, 100%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.3, 100%, 52.2%)

CMYK0%, 19.5%, 100%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,743,680

CSS custom property--colour: #856B00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness109.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.12:1

Contrast with white5.12:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#7A94FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#796900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F710Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Tritanopia#91615Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.4 Peru · ΔE 25.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001A85

Analogous#852800, #5D8500

Triadic#00856B, #6B0085

Split complementary#005D85, #280085

Tetradic#008528, #001A85, #85005D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFDD52

Lighter +30%#FFD31F

Lighter +20%#EBBD00

Lighter +10%#B89400

Darker −10%#524200

Darker −20%#1F1900

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#856B00

Less saturated −25%#746111

Channel breakdown

R133

G107

Red133 (52.2%)

Green107 (42%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue48.27°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 85 · G 6B · B 00

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