Recognised as Colour

#6C5800

#6C5800
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#6C5800 is a yellow with RGB values 108, 88, 0 and HSL 49°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#6C5800

RGBrgb(108, 88, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.3451, 0

RGB percentages42.4%, 34.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(48.9, 100%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.9, 100%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 18.5%, 100%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,100,416

CSS custom property--colour: #6C5800;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.92:1

Contrast with white6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#93A7FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#635600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#685C08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#764F4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 21.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.7 Sienna · ΔE 31.5 Peru · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 21.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00146C

Analogous#6C2200, #4A6C00

Triadic#006C58, #58006C

Split complementary#004A6C, #22006C

Tetradic#006C22, #00146C, #6C004A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFDA39

Lighter +30%#FFD106

Lighter +20%#D2AB00

Lighter +10%#9F8200

Darker −10%#392E00

Darker −20%#060500

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C5800

Less saturated −25%#5F500E

Channel breakdown

R108

G88

Red108 (42.4%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue48.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 58 · B 00

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