Recognised as Colour

#6B5F1C

#6B5F1C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6B5F1C is a yellow with RGB values 107, 95, 28 and HSL 51°, 59%, 26%. 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

#6B5F1C#6B5F1C

HEX#6B5F1C

RGBrgb(107, 95, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3725, 0.1098

RGB percentages42%, 37.3%, 11%

HSLhsl(50.9, 58.5%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 73.8%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 73.8%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,036,700

CSS custom property--colour: #6B5F1C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#94A0E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695C12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6120no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#745852no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.2 Olive · ΔE 23.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 30.8 Sienna · ΔE 33.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C286B

Analogous#6B371C, #506B1C

Triadic#1C6B5F, #5F1C6B

Split complementary#1C506B, #381C6B

Tetradic#1C6B37, #1C286B, #6B1C50

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCCC77

Lighter +30%#D1BD4F

Lighter +20%#BCA731

Lighter +10%#938327

Darker −10%#433B11

Darker −20%#1A1707

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C6B0B

Less saturated −25%#5A532D

Channel breakdown

R107

G95

B28

Red107 (42%)

Green95 (37.3%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue50.89°

Saturation (HSL)58.52%

Lightness26.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 5F · B 1C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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