Recognised as Colour

#605C2E

#605C2E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#605C2E is a yellow with RGB values 96, 92, 46 and HSL 55°, 35%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#605C2E

RGBrgb(96, 92, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3608, 0.1804

RGB percentages37.6%, 36.1%, 18%

HSLhsl(55.2, 35.2%, 27.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.2, 52.1%, 37.6%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 52.1%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,315,054

CSS custom property--colour: #605C2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1

Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#9FA3D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#63592Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#655C30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#665751no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 14.3 Dim grey · ΔE 28.1 Gray · ΔE 31.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 32 Olive · ΔE 33.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 35

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 14.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E3260

Analogous#60432E, #4B602E

Triadic#2E605C, #5C2E60

Split complementary#2E4B60, #432E60

Tetradic#2E6043, #2E3260, #602E4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAC590

Lighter +30%#B9B36E

Lighter +20%#A59E4F

Lighter +10%#827D3F

Darker −10%#3E3B1D

Darker −20%#1B1A0D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#726B1C

Less saturated −25%#4E4D40

Channel breakdown

R96

G92

B46

Red96 (37.6%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue55.2°

Saturation (HSL)35.21%

Lightness27.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 60 · G 5C · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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