Colour

#6A602F

#6A602F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6A602F is a yellow with RGB values 106, 96, 47 and HSL 50°, 39%, 30%. 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

#6A602F#6A602F

HEX#6A602F

RGBrgb(106, 96, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.3765, 0.1843

RGB percentages41.6%, 37.6%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 38.6%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 55.7%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 55.7%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,971,439

CSS custom property--colour: #6A602F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.31:1

Contrast with white6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#959FD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685E2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B6131no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#725A55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.9 Dim grey · ΔE 29.6 Olive · ΔE 31.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 32 Gray · ΔE 32 Sienna · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F396A

Analogous#6A432F, #576A2F

Triadic#2F6A60, #602F6A

Split complementary#2F576A, #432F6A

Tetradic#2F6A43, #2F396A, #6A2F56

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0C695

Lighter +30%#C0B372

Lighter +20%#B1A04E

Lighter +10%#8D803F

Darker −10%#47401F

Darker −20%#232010

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D6D1C

Less saturated −25%#575342

Channel breakdown

R106

G96

B47

Red106 (41.6%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue49.83°

Saturation (HSL)38.56%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 60 · B 2F

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