Colour

#857D55

#857D55
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#857D55 is a yellow with RGB values 133, 125, 85 and HSL 50°, 22%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#857D55#857D55

HEX#857D55

RGBrgb(133, 125, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.4902, 0.3333

RGB percentages52.2%, 49%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(50, 22%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 36.1%, 52.2%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 36.1%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,748,373

CSS custom property--colour: #857D55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C

Inverted#7A82AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#857B52no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#877E56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#8C7773no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.9 Gray · ΔE 23.2 Tan · ΔE 24.3 Dim grey · ΔE 24.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 27.3 Burlywood · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#555D85

Analogous#856555, #758555

Triadic#55857D, #7D5585

Split complementary#557585, #655585

Tetradic#558565, #555D85, #855575

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDD9C9

Lighter +30%#C9C4AA

Lighter +20%#B5AE8B

Lighter +10%#A1986C

Darker −10%#666041

Darker −20%#47432D

Darker −30%#282519

Darker −40%#090805

More saturated +25%#A08F3A

Less saturated −25%#6D6D6D

Channel breakdown

R133

G125

B85

Red133 (52.2%)

Green125 (49%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)22.02%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 85 · G 7D · B 55

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