Colour

#6A665A

#6A665A
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#6A665A is a yellow with RGB values 106, 102, 90 and HSL 45°, 8%, 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

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HEX#6A665A

RGBrgb(106, 102, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4, 0.3529

RGB percentages41.6%, 40%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(45, 8.2%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 15.1%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 15.1%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,973,018

CSS custom property--colour: #6A665A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1

Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#9599A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#696559no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A675Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#6D6463no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 7.5 Gray · ΔE 12.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 19.7 Slate grey · ΔE 20.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5A5E6A

Analogous#6A5E5A, #666A5A

Triadic#5A6A66, #665A6A

Split complementary#5A666A, #5E5A6A

Tetradic#5A6A5E, #5A5E6A, #6A5A66

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCCAC4

Lighter +30%#B5B2A8

Lighter +20%#9E998C

Lighter +10%#868171

Darker −10%#4E4B43

Darker −20%#33312B

Darker −30%#171614

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#837242

Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R106

G102

B90

Red106 (41.6%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)8.16%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 66 · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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