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Colour

#6B5D00

  • #6B5D00
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#6B5D00 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 93, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#6B5D00#6B5D00
HEX#6B5D00
RGBrgb(107, 93, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3647, 0
RGB percentages42%, 36.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(52.1, 100%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 100%, 42%)
CMYK0%, 13.1%, 100%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,036,160
CSS custom property--colour: #6B5D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#94A2FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#685A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B5F0Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#74554Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.6Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.6Olivedrab · ΔE 29.2Saddle brown · ΔE 30.4Peru · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#000E6B
Analogous#6B2800, #446B00
Triadic#006B5D, #5D006B
Split complementary#00446B, #28006B
Tetradic#006B27, #000E6B, #6B0043

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFE538
Lighter +30%#FFDE05
Lighter +20%#D1B600
Lighter +10%#9E8900
Darker −10%#383100
Darker −20%#050400
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#6B5D00
Less saturated −25%#5E530D

Channel breakdown

R107
G93
B0
Red107 (42%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue52.15°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness20.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6B · G 5D · B 00

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