Recognised as Colour

#868D59

#868D59
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#868D59 is a yellow with RGB values 134, 141, 89 and HSL 68°, 23%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#868D59

RGBrgb(134, 141, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.5529, 0.349

RGB percentages52.5%, 55.3%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(68.1, 22.6%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.1, 36.9%, 55.3%)

CMYK5%, 0%, 36.9%, 44.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,818,009

CSS custom property--colour: #868D59;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness133.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.97:1

Contrast with white3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.97:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#7972A6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#948855no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#94895Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Tritanopia#8C8780no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.6 Tan · ΔE 24.4 Burlywood · ΔE 27.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#60598D

Analogous#8D7A59, #6C8D59

Triadic#59868D, #8D5986

Split complementary#596C8D, #7A598D

Tetradic#598D7A, #60598D, #8D596C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DFE2D0

Lighter +30%#CACEB1

Lighter +20%#B5BA92

Lighter +10%#9FA673

Darker −10%#686E45

Darker −20%#4B4E32

Darker −30%#2D2F1E

Darker −40%#0F100A

More saturated +25%#9BAA3C

Less saturated −25%#737373

Channel breakdown

R134

G141

B89

Red134 (52.5%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue68.08°

Saturation (HSL)22.61%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 86 · G 8D · B 59

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