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Recognised as Colour

#856F0B

  • #856F0B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#856F0B is a yellow with RGB values 133, 111, 11 and HSL 49°, 85%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#856F0B#856F0B
HEX#856F0B
RGBrgb(133, 111, 11)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4353, 0.0431
RGB percentages52.2%, 43.5%, 4.3%
HSLhsl(49.2, 84.7%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.2, 91.7%, 52.2%)
CMYK0%, 16.5%, 91.7%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,744,715
CSS custom property--colour: #856F0B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.91:1
Contrast with white4.91:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#7A90F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C6D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#827315no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#91655Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 13.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 19.6Peru · ΔE 26.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.9Olivedrab · ΔE 28.3Dark khaki · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 13.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0B2185
Analogous#85320B, #5E850B
Triadic#0B856F, #6F0B85
Split complementary#0B5E85, #320B85
Tetradic#0B8532, #0B2185, #850B5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3DA69
Lighter +30%#EFCE3A
Lighter +20%#E3BE13
Lighter +10%#B4960F
Darker −10%#564807
Darker −20%#272003
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#907600
Less saturated −25%#73631D

Channel breakdown

R133
G111
B11
Red133 (52.2%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue11 (4.3%)
Hue49.18°
Saturation (HSL)84.72%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 85 · G 6F · B 0B

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