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Recognised as Colour

#6B5D24

  • #6B5D24
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6B5D24 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 93, 36 and HSL 48°, 50%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6B5D24#6B5D24
HEX#6B5D24
RGBrgb(107, 93, 36)
RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3647, 0.1412
RGB percentages42%, 36.5%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(48.2, 49.7%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 66.4%, 42%)
CMYK0%, 13.1%, 66.4%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,036,196
CSS custom property--colour: #6B5D24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11082WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.53:1
Contrast with white6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#94A2DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#665B1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A5F27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#745651no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.5Olive · ΔE 28.1Saddle brown · ΔE 29.2Sienna · ΔE 31.4Olivedrab · ΔE 34.2Dim grey · ΔE 34.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#24326B
Analogous#6B3924, #566B24
Triadic#246B5D, #5D246B
Split complementary#24566B, #39246B
Tetradic#246B39, #24326B, #6B2456

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6C685
Lighter +30%#C9B45F
Lighter +20%#B79F3E
Lighter +10%#917E31
Darker −10%#453C17
Darker −20%#1F1B0A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7D6812
Less saturated −25%#595236

Channel breakdown

R107
G93
B36
Red107 (42%)
Green93 (36.5%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue48.17°
Saturation (HSL)49.65%
Lightness28.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6B · G 5D · B 24

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