Colour

#6A5C00

#6A5C00
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#6A5C00 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 92, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#6A5C00#6A5C00

HEX#6A5C00

RGBrgb(106, 92, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3608, 0

RGB percentages41.6%, 36.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.1, 100%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 100%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 13.2%, 100%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,970,368

CSS custom property--colour: #6A5C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.68:1

Contrast with white6.68:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#95A3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#675900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A5E0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#73544Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 19 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.3 Peru · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000E6A

Analogous#6A2700, #436A00

Triadic#006A5C, #5C006A

Split complementary#00436A, #27006A

Tetradic#006A27, #000E6A, #6A0043

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE537

Lighter +30%#FFDE04

Lighter +20%#D0B500

Lighter +10%#9D8800

Darker −10%#373000

Darker −20%#040300

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6A5C00

Less saturated −25%#5D520D

Channel breakdown

R106

G92

Red106 (41.6%)

Green92 (36.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 5C · B 00

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Colour values

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