Colour

#6B6027

#6B6027
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6B6027 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 96, 39 and HSL 50°, 47%, 29%. 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#6B6027

RGBrgb(107, 96, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3765, 0.1529

RGB percentages42%, 37.6%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(50.3, 46.6%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 63.6%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 63.6%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,036,967

CSS custom property--colour: #6B6027;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11638WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.31:1

Contrast with white6.31:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#949FD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695E21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C612Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#735954no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.8 Olive · ΔE 27.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.9 Sienna · ΔE 32.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#27326B

Analogous#6B3E27, #546B27

Triadic#276B60, #60276B

Split complementary#27546B, #3E276B

Tetradic#276B3E, #27326B, #6B2754

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4C88A

Lighter +30%#C7B764

Lighter +20%#B6A342

Lighter +10%#908235

Darker −10%#463E19

Darker −20%#201D0C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D6C15

Less saturated −25%#595439

Channel breakdown

R107

G96

B39

Red107 (42%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue50.29°

Saturation (HSL)46.58%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 60 · B 27

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