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Recognised as Colour

#6A5C04

  • #6A5C04
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#6A5C04 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 92, 4 and HSL 52°, 93%, 22%. 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

#6A5C04#6A5C04
HEX#6A5C04
RGBrgb(106, 92, 4)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3608, 0.0157
RGB percentages41.6%, 36.1%, 1.6%
HSLhsl(51.8, 92.7%, 21.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 96.2%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 13.2%, 96.2%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,970,372
CSS custom property--colour: #6A5C04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10727WCAG 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 black3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#95A3FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#675900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A5E0Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#73544Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 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 text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 19.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.6Olivedrab · ΔE 29.8Saddle brown · ΔE 30Peru · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 19.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#04126A
Analogous#6A2904, #456A04
Triadic#046A5C, #5C046A
Split complementary#04456A, #29046A
Tetradic#046A29, #04126A, #6A0445

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8DF42
Lighter +30%#F6D711
Lighter +20%#CCB108
Lighter +10%#9B8706
Darker −10%#393102
Darker −20%#080700
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6E5F00
Less saturated −25%#5C5212

Channel breakdown

R106
G92
B4
Red106 (41.6%)
Green92 (36.1%)
Blue4 (1.6%)
Hue51.76°
Saturation (HSL)92.73%
Lightness21.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 5C · B 04

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