Colour

#6B5F12

#6B5F12
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6B5F12 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 95, 18 and HSL 52°, 71%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6B5F12

RGBrgb(107, 95, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3725, 0.0706

RGB percentages42%, 37.3%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(51.9, 71.2%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 83.2%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 83.2%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,036,690

CSS custom property--colour: #6B5F12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.42:1

Contrast with white6.42:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#94A0ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695C01no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6118no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#745751no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.9 Olive · ΔE 20.7 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#121E6B

Analogous#6B3312, #4A6B12

Triadic#126B5F, #5F126B

Split complementary#124A6B, #32126B

Tetradic#126B33, #121E6B, #6B124B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5D464

Lighter +30%#DEC738

Lighter +20%#C2AD21

Lighter +10%#978619

Darker −10%#3F380B

Darker −20%#141103

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7B6A02

Less saturated −25%#5B5422

Channel breakdown

R107

G95

B18

Red107 (42%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue51.91°

Saturation (HSL)71.2%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 5F · B 12

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Colour values

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