Colour

#6A6027

#6A6027
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6A6027 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 96, 39 and HSL 51°, 46%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6A6027

RGBrgb(106, 96, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3765, 0.1529

RGB percentages41.6%, 37.6%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(51, 46.2%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 63.2%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 63.2%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,971,431

CSS custom property--colour: #6A6027;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.33:1

Contrast with white6.33:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#959FD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695D21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C612Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#725954no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.3 Olive · ΔE 27.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.6 Sienna · ΔE 33.4 Dim grey · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27316A

Analogous#6A3E27, #536A27

Triadic#276A60, #60276A

Split complementary#27536A, #3F276A

Tetradic#276A3E, #27316A, #6A2752

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4C989

Lighter +30%#C6B764

Lighter +20%#B5A442

Lighter +10%#8F8235

Darker −10%#453E19

Darker −20%#1F1C0C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C6D15

Less saturated −25%#585339

Channel breakdown

R106

G96

B39

Red106 (41.6%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue51.04°

Saturation (HSL)46.21%

Lightness28.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 60 · B 27

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