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Colour

#6A6658

  • #6A6658
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6A6658 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 102, 88 and HSL 47°, 9%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6A6658#6A6658
HEX#6A6658
RGBrgb(106, 102, 88)
RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4, 0.3451
RGB percentages41.6%, 40%, 34.5%
HSLhsl(46.7, 9.3%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 17%, 41.6%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 17%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,973,016
CSS custom property--colour: #6A6658;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.75:1
Contrast with white5.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#9599A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#696557no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A6758no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6D6462no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.75:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.6Gray · ΔE 13.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.1Slate grey · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 23.4Rosy brown · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#585C6A
Analogous#6A5D58, #656A58
Triadic#586A66, #66586A
Split complementary#58656A, #5D586A
Tetradic#586A5D, #585C6A, #6A5865

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CCCAC2
Lighter +30%#B5B2A6
Lighter +20%#9E9A8A
Lighter +10%#86816F
Darker −10%#4E4B41
Darker −20%#32302A
Darker −30%#161613
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#827340
Less saturated −25%#616161

Channel breakdown

R106
G102
B88
Red106 (41.6%)
Green102 (40%)
Blue88 (34.5%)
Hue46.67°
Saturation (HSL)9.28%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6A · G 66 · B 58

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