Recognised as Colour

#856D12

#856D12
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#856D12 is a yellow with RGB values 133, 109, 18 and HSL 47°, 76%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#856D12

RGBrgb(133, 109, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4275, 0.0706

RGB percentages52.2%, 42.7%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(47.5, 76.2%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 86.5%, 52.2%)

CMYK0%, 18%, 86.5%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,744,210

CSS custom property--colour: #856D12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1

Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C

Inverted#7A92ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#807219no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#91635Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20.6 Peru · ΔE 25.7 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#122A85

Analogous#853312, #648512

Triadic#12856D, #6D1285

Split complementary#126385, #341285

Tetradic#128533, #122A85, #851263

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EDD476

Lighter +30%#E6C64A

Lighter +20%#DFB71E

Lighter +10%#B29218

Darker −10%#58480C

Darker −20%#2B2306

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#977700

Less saturated −25%#726225

Channel breakdown

R133

G109

B18

Red133 (52.2%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue47.48°

Saturation (HSL)76.16%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 85 · G 6D · B 12

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