Information about #859940 color

#859940 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#859940 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(133, 153, 64) — 52.2% red, 60% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 8 / 0 / 35 / 40. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #859940 reads as a clearly saturated golden yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Wasabi (#849137). Slightly further away sit Seedling Sycamore (#76973E) and Sycamore (#908D39).

In RGB terms — rgb(133, 153, 64) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #859940 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#859940 color variations

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

#859940 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#859940 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#859940 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#859940 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#859940 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
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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
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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
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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
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#41879B
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#9B4187
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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#419B54
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#9B4187
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #859940

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

Wasabi color link
Wasabi

#849137

Seedling Sycamore color link
Seedling Sycamore

#76973E

Sycamore color link
Sycamore

#908D39

Moderate Spring Bud color link
Moderate Spring Bud

#85A84A

Camo color link
Camo

#7F8F4E

Awol color link
Awol

#888C4D

Koru color link
Koru

#778E46

Highball color link
Highball

#928C3C

Sushi color link
Sushi

#7C9F2F

Pomelo color link
Pomelo

#96A53C

Wanderlust color link
Wanderlust

#88843C

Moderate Lime Green color link
Moderate Lime Green

#91A84A

#859940 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#859940
  • RGB133, 153, 64
  • CMYK8, 0, 35, 40
  • CSSrgb(133, 153, 64)
  • HSL73°, 41%, 43%
  • HSL Precise73.483°, 41.014%, 42.549%
  • HSV73°, 58%, 60%
  • HSB73°, 58%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.600, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.600, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.600, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID859940
  • DECIMAL ID8755520
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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