Information about #685539 color

#685539 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#685539 falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(104, 85, 57) — 40.8% red, 33.3% green, 22.4% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 7 / 18 / 59. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#685539 presents itself as a mildly saturated orange — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Toasted Green (#655535). Slightly further away sit Limed Gum (#6B5B3D) and Spark (#695341).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(104, 85, 57)), which gives #685539 its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #685539: 7.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.9:1 for black. No one has named #685539 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#685539 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#685539 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #685539

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Limed Gum color link
Limed Gum

#6B5B3D

Spark color link
Spark

#695341

Spice color link
Spice

#6C4F3F

Mud color link
Mud

#70543E

Coffee color link
Coffee

#6F4E37

Catapult color link
Catapult

#685143

Wombat color link
Wombat

#675744

Abel Tasman color link
Abel Tasman

#67592E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#685539
  • RGB104, 85, 57
  • CMYK0, 7, 18, 59
  • CSSrgb(104, 85, 57)
  • HSL36°, 29%, 32%
  • HSL Precise35.745°, 29.193%, 31.569%
  • HSV36°, 45%, 41%
  • HSB36°, 45%, 41%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.408
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.224
  • GLSLvec3(0.408, 0.333, 0.224)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.408, 0.333, 0.224, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.408, 0.333, 0.224)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB22.4%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID685539
  • DECIMAL ID6837561
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01