Colour

#6B612E

#6B612E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6B612E is a yellow with RGB values 107, 97, 46 and HSL 50°, 40%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6B612E

RGBrgb(107, 97, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.3804, 0.1804

RGB percentages42%, 38%, 18%

HSLhsl(50.2, 39.9%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 57%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 57%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,037,230

CSS custom property--colour: #6B612E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.22:1

Contrast with white6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#949ED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695F29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6230no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#735B55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.5 Olive · ΔE 30.2 Dim grey · ΔE 30.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.9 Gray · ΔE 32.8 Sienna · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E386B

Analogous#6B422E, #576B2E

Triadic#2E6B61, #612E6B

Split complementary#2E576B, #432E6B

Tetradic#2E6B42, #2E386B, #6B2E56

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D1C794

Lighter +30%#C2B470

Lighter +20%#B2A24D

Lighter +10%#8F813D

Darker −10%#47411F

Darker −20%#24200F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E6E1B

Less saturated −25%#585441

Channel breakdown

R107

G97

B46

Red107 (42%)

Green97 (38%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue50.16°

Saturation (HSL)39.87%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 61 · B 2E

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Colour values

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