Colour

#6B6608

#6B6608
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#6B6608 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 102, 8 and HSL 57°, 86%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#6B6608

RGBrgb(107, 102, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.4, 0.0314

RGB percentages42%, 40%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(57, 86.1%, 22.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 92.5%, 42%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 92.5%, 58%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,038,472

CSS custom property--colour: #6B6608;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#9499F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#706200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#726513no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#745E56no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 14.6 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.3 Olivedrab · ΔE 23.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 32 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 14.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#080D6B

Analogous#6B3508, #3E6B08

Triadic#086B66, #66086B

Split complementary#083E6B, #35086B

Tetradic#086B35, #080D6B, #6B083E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2E94D

Lighter +30%#EEE41E

Lighter +20%#CAC00F

Lighter +10%#9A930C

Darker −10%#3C3904

Darker −20%#0C0C01

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#736D00

Less saturated −25%#5D5916

Channel breakdown

R107

G102

Red107 (42%)

Green102 (40%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue56.97°

Saturation (HSL)86.09%

Lightness22.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6B · G 66 · B 08

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