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Colour

#6A601D

  • #6A601D
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6A601D is a yellow with RGB values 106, 96, 29 and HSL 52°, 57%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6A601D#6A601D
HEX#6A601D
RGBrgb(106, 96, 29)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3765, 0.1137
RGB percentages41.6%, 37.6%, 11.4%
HSLhsl(52.2, 57%, 26.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 72.6%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 9.4%, 72.6%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,971,421
CSS custom property--colour: #6A601D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.36:1
Contrast with white6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D
Inverted#959FE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#695D13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C6121no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#725952no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.2Olive · ΔE 23.5Olivedrab · ΔE 30Saddle brown · ΔE 31.3Dark khaki · ΔE 33.2Sienna · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D276A
Analogous#6A391D, #4E6A1D
Triadic#1D6A60, #601D6A
Split complementary#1D4E6A, #391D6A
Tetradic#1D6A39, #1D276A, #6A1D4E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DACE79
Lighter +30%#CFBF51
Lighter +20%#BAA933
Lighter +10%#928428
Darker −10%#423C12
Darker −20%#1A1707
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7B6C0C
Less saturated −25%#59542E

Channel breakdown

R106
G96
B29
Red106 (41.6%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue29 (11.4%)
Hue52.21°
Saturation (HSL)57.04%
Lightness26.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 60 · B 1D

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