Recognised as Colour

#856C03

#856C03
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#856C03 is a yellow with RGB values 133, 108, 3 and HSL 48°, 96%, 27%. 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#856C03

RGBrgb(133, 108, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4235, 0.0118

RGB percentages52.2%, 42.4%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(48.5, 95.6%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 97.7%, 52.2%)

CMYK0%, 18.8%, 97.7%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,743,939

CSS custom property--colour: #856C03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.07:1

Contrast with white5.07:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#7A93FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#80710Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#91625Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 15.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Peru · ΔE 26.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 29.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.6 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 15.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#031C85

Analogous#852B03, #5D8503

Triadic#03856C, #6C0385

Split complementary#035D85, #2B0385

Tetradic#03852B, #031C85, #85035D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBDC59

Lighter +30%#FAD227

Lighter +20%#E9BD05

Lighter +10%#B79504

Darker −10%#534402

Darker −20%#211B01

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#886E00

Less saturated −25%#746214

Channel breakdown

R133

G108

Red133 (52.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue48.46°

Saturation (HSL)95.59%

Lightness26.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 85 · G 6C · B 03

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Colour values

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