Colour

#6B5D32

#6B5D32
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6B5D32 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 93, 50 and HSL 45°, 36%, 31%. 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

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HEX#6B5D32

RGBrgb(107, 93, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3647, 0.1961

RGB percentages42%, 36.5%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(45.3, 36.3%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.3, 53.3%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 13.1%, 53.3%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,036,210

CSS custom property--colour: #6B5D32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.49:1

Contrast with white6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#94A2CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655C2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#696034no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#735753no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.8 Dim grey · ΔE 27 Gray · ΔE 29.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.7 Sienna · ΔE 31.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#32406B

Analogous#6B4032, #5D6B32

Triadic#326B5D, #5D326B

Split complementary#325C6B, #41326B

Tetradic#326B40, #32406B, #6B325C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0C299

Lighter +30%#BFAD77

Lighter +20%#AF9954

Lighter +10%#8E7B42

Darker −10%#483F22

Darker −20%#252112

Darker −30%#030201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F671E

Less saturated −25%#575346

Channel breakdown

R107

G93

B50

Red107 (42%)

Green93 (36.5%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue45.26°

Saturation (HSL)36.31%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 5D · B 32

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