#615708

sRGB · 97 / 87 / 8

#615708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 97 red, 87 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 53.3° lands in the yellow region. Its 84.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 20.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 97, 87, 8
HSL: 53.26°, 84.76%, 20.59%
HSV / HSB: 53.26°, 91.75%, 38.04%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 10.31%, 91.75%, 61.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 8.382, 9.375, 1.598
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 36.697, -4.591, 41.895
WCAG relative luminance: 0.09375
24-bit decimal: 6379272

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #615708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.88:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.30:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#081261 sits half a turn (180°) from #615708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#615708 #081261

Analogous

#612A08 and #3F6108 sit 30° to either side of #615708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#612A08 #615708 #3F6108

Triadic

#615708, #086157 and #570861 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#615708 #086157 #570861

Split complementary

Start at #615708 and look across the wheel. #083F61 and #2A0861 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#615708 #083F61 #2A0861

Square

Starting with #615708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08612A, #081261, then #61083F. Across the square, #615708 pairs with #081261, and #08612A with #61083F.

#615708 #08612A #081261 #61083F

Tetradic

#615708 and #081261 are opposites, as are #126108 and #570861. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#615708 #126108 #081261 #570861

Tints

Mixing #615708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #817939, keeps 80% of the original. By #DFDDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#615708 #817939 #A09A6B #C0BC9C #DFDDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #615708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4E4606, keeps 80% of the original. By #131102, the mixture is 80% black.

#615708 #4E4606 #3A3405 #272303 #131102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #615708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #675F20, keeps 80% of the original. By #7A7868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#615708 #675F20 #6D6738 #747050 #7A7868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#615708

RGB

rgb(97 87 8)

HSL

hsl(53.258 84.762% 20.588%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #615708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#615708 uses 97 red, 87 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 38.0%

Green 34.1%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #615708 is 0.0% cyan, 10.3% magenta, 91.8% yellow and 62.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 10.3%

Yellow 91.8%

Black 62.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #665500. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #650 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #615708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #666600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #665500 Nearest web-safe · #666600

Gradient to complement

#615708 #524C17 #434026 #353535 #262943 #171E52 #081261

Color vision previews

Compare how #615708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#605400

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#635810

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#695049

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#615500

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#62570C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#63552D

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#565656

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#5C573E

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.11954 G 0.09531 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.37379 G 0.34257 B 0.10706

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.11524 G 0.09611 B 0.01115

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.433 y 0.484 Y 9.375

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 61.961 M % 65.882 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01100001 01010111 00001000