Recognised as Colour

#6A6823

#6A6823
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6A6823 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 104, 35 and HSL 58°, 50%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6A6823

RGBrgb(106, 104, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4078, 0.1373

RGB percentages41.6%, 40.8%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(58.3, 50.4%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.3, 67%, 41.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.9%, 67%, 58.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,973,475

CSS custom property--colour: #6A6823;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1

Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#9597DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#71641Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#726727no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Tritanopia#72615Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 12.4 Olive · ΔE 21.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 25.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.1 Dark green · ΔE 35.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 12.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23256A

Analogous#6A4523, #496A23

Triadic#236A68, #68236A

Split complementary#23496A, #45236A

Tetradic#236A44, #23256A, #6A2348

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6D483

Lighter +30%#C9C65D

Lighter +20%#B7B33C

Lighter +10%#908E30

Darker −10%#444216

Darker −20%#1D1D0A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C7911

Less saturated −25%#585735

Channel breakdown

R106

G104

B35

Red106 (41.6%)

Green104 (40.8%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue58.31°

Saturation (HSL)50.35%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6A · G 68 · B 23

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