Colour

#6B6017

#6B6017
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6B6017 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 96, 23 and HSL 52°, 65%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6B6017

RGBrgb(107, 96, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3765, 0.0902

RGB percentages42%, 37.6%, 9%

HSLhsl(52.1, 64.6%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 78.5%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 78.5%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,036,951

CSS custom property--colour: #6B6017;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.34:1

Contrast with white6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#949FE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5D09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D611Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#745852no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.7 Olive · ΔE 21.5 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 31 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17226B

Analogous#6B3617, #4C6B17

Triadic#176B60, #60176B

Split complementary#174C6B, #36176B

Tetradic#176B36, #17226B, #6B174C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E0D16E

Lighter +30%#D7C444

Lighter +20%#BFAB29

Lighter +10%#958620

Darker −10%#413A0E

Darker −20%#171505

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7B6C07

Less saturated −25%#5B5427

Channel breakdown

R107

G96

B23

Red107 (42%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue52.14°

Saturation (HSL)64.62%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 60 · B 17

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