Recognised as Colour

#6A5E16

#6A5E16
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6A5E16 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 94, 22 and HSL 51°, 66%, 25%. 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#6A5E16

RGBrgb(106, 94, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3686, 0.0863

RGB percentages41.6%, 36.9%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(51.4, 65.6%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 79.2%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 79.2%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,970,902

CSS custom property--colour: #6A5E16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.51:1

Contrast with white6.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#95A1E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685B08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B601Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#735650no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.1 Olive · ΔE 22.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.6 Sienna · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16226A

Analogous#6A3416, #4C6A16

Triadic#166A5E, #5E166A

Split complementary#164C6A, #34166A

Tetradic#166A34, #16226A, #6A164C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0D06C

Lighter +30%#D8C241

Lighter +20%#BEA928

Lighter +10%#94831F

Darker −10%#40390D

Darker −20%#161304

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A6906

Less saturated −25%#5A5326

Channel breakdown

R106

G94

B22

Red106 (41.6%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue51.43°

Saturation (HSL)65.63%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 5E · B 16

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