Recognised as Colour

#605E1E

#605E1E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#605E1E is a yellow with RGB values 96, 94, 30 and HSL 58°, 52%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#605E1E

RGBrgb(96, 94, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.3765, 0.3686, 0.1176

RGB percentages37.6%, 36.9%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(58.2, 52.4%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.2, 68.7%, 37.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.1%, 68.7%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,315,550

CSS custom property--colour: #605E1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.74:1

Contrast with white6.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#9FA1E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665A16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#675D22no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#675851no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.3 Olive · ΔE 25.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 34.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 35 Dark green · ΔE 35.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E2060

Analogous#603D1E, #41601E

Triadic#1E605E, #5E1E60

Split complementary#1E4160, #3D1E60

Tetradic#1E603D, #1E2060, #601E41

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4D176

Lighter +30%#C8C44F

Lighter +20%#AEAA36

Lighter +10%#87842A

Darker −10%#393812

Darker −20%#121206

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#706D0E

Less saturated −25%#504F2E

Channel breakdown

R96

G94

B30

Red96 (37.6%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue58.18°

Saturation (HSL)52.38%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 60 · G 5E · B 1E

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