Recognised as Colour

#6B7117

#6B7117
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#6B7117 is a yellow with RGB values 107, 113, 23 and HSL 64°, 66%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#6B7117

RGBrgb(107, 113, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4196, 0.4431, 0.0902

RGB percentages42%, 44.3%, 9%

HSLhsl(64, 66.2%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64, 79.6%, 44.3%)

CMYK5.3%, 0%, 79.6%, 55.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,041,303

CSS custom property--colour: #6B7117;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1

Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#948EE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#7A6B02no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Tritanopia#736A60no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 12.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16 Olivedrab · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.9 Dark green · ΔE 31.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 12.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D1771

Analogous#714A17, #3E7117

Triadic#176B71, #71176B

Split complementary#173E71, #4A1771

Tetradic#17714A, #1D1771, #71173E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBE272

Lighter +30%#D0DA47

Lighter +20%#BBC628

Lighter +10%#939B20

Darker −10%#43470E

Darker −20%#1B1C06

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A8206

Less saturated −25%#5C6028

Channel breakdown

R107

G113

B23

Red107 (42%)

Green113 (44.3%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue64°

Saturation (HSL)66.18%

Lightness26.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6B · G 71 · B 17

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