Recognised as Colour

#6A5E0E

#6A5E0E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6A5E0E is a yellow with RGB values 106, 94, 14 and HSL 52°, 77%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6A5E0E

RGBrgb(106, 94, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3686, 0.0549

RGB percentages41.6%, 36.9%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(52.2, 76.7%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 86.8%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 86.8%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,970,894

CSS custom property--colour: #6A5E0E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.52:1

Contrast with white6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#95A1F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6015no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#735650no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.5 Olive · ΔE 20.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31 Peru · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E1A6A

Analogous#6A300E, #486A0E

Triadic#0E6A5E, #5E0E6A

Split complementary#0E486A, #300E6A

Tetradic#0E6A30, #0E1A6A, #6A0E48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9D75B

Lighter +30%#E3CC2E

Lighter +20%#C4AE1A

Lighter +10%#978614

Darker −10%#3D3608

Darker −20%#100E02

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#786800

Less saturated −25%#5B531D

Channel breakdown

R106

G94

B14

Red106 (41.6%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue52.17°

Saturation (HSL)76.67%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 5E · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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