Recognised as Colour

#6A7215

#6A7215
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#6A7215 is a yellow with RGB values 106, 114, 21 and HSL 65°, 69%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#6A7215

RGBrgb(106, 114, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.4157, 0.4471, 0.0824

RGB percentages41.6%, 44.7%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(65.2, 68.9%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.2, 81.6%, 44.7%)

CMYK7%, 0%, 81.6%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,976,021

CSS custom property--colour: #6A7215;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.21:1

Contrast with white5.21:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#958DEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7B6C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Tritanopia#726B61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 16.2 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.1 Dark green · ΔE 30.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D1572

Analogous#724B15, #3C7215

Triadic#156A72, #72156A

Split complementary#153C72, #4B1572

Tetradic#15724B, #1D1572, #72153C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DAE46F

Lighter +30%#CFDC44

Lighter +20%#BAC825

Lighter +10%#929D1D

Darker −10%#42470D

Darker −20%#1A1C05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#788304

Less saturated −25%#5C6126

Channel breakdown

R106

G114

B21

Red106 (41.6%)

Green114 (44.7%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue65.16°

Saturation (HSL)68.89%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6A · G 72 · B 15

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Colour harmonies

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