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Colour

#6A5D00

  • #6A5D00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#6A5D00 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 93, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#6A5D00#6A5D00
HEX#6A5D00
RGBrgb(106, 93, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3647, 0
RGB percentages41.6%, 36.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(52.6, 100%, 20.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 100%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 12.3%, 100%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,970,624
CSS custom property--colour: #6A5D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#95A2FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#685A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B5F0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#73554Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.2Olivedrab · ΔE 28.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9Peru · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#000D6A
Analogous#6A2800, #426A00
Triadic#006A5D, #5D006A
Split complementary#00426A, #28006A
Tetradic#006A28, #000D6A, #6A0042

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFE637
Lighter +30%#FFE004
Lighter +20%#D0B600
Lighter +10%#9D8A00
Darker −10%#373000
Darker −20%#040400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6A5D00
Less saturated −25%#5D530D

Channel breakdown

R106
G93
B0
Red106 (41.6%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue52.64°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 5D · B 00

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