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Recognised as Colour

#605D4E

  • #605D4E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#605D4E is a yellow with RGB values 96, 93, 78 and HSL 50°, 10%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#605D4E#605D4E
HEX#605D4E
RGBrgb(96, 93, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3647, 0.3059
RGB percentages37.6%, 36.5%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(50, 10.3%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50, 18.7%, 37.6%)
CMYK0%, 3.1%, 18.7%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,315,342
CSS custom property--colour: #605D4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1
Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#9FA2B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#605C4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#615D4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#635B59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 10.5Gray · ΔE 17Dark slate grey · ΔE 18.2Slate grey · ΔE 23.8Light slate grey · ΔE 26.1Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 10.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4E5160
Analogous#60544E, #5A604E
Triadic#4E605D, #5D4E60
Split complementary#4E5A60, #544E60
Tetradic#4E6054, #4E5160, #604E5A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4C2B6
Lighter +30%#ADAA9A
Lighter +20%#96927E
Lighter +10%#7C7865
Darker −10%#444237
Darker −20%#282620
Darker −30%#0C0B09
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#766C38
Less saturated −25%#575757

Channel breakdown

R96
G93
B78
Red96 (37.6%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue50°
Saturation (HSL)10.34%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 60 · G 5D · B 4E

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