Recognised as Colour

#6C5E02

#6C5E02
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#6C5E02 is a yellow with RGB values 108, 94, 2 and HSL 52°, 96%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#6C5E02

RGBrgb(108, 94, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.3686, 0.0078

RGB percentages42.4%, 36.9%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(52.1, 96.4%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 98.1%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 98.1%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,101,954

CSS custom property--colour: #6C5E02;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11198WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#93A1FD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695B00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C600Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#76564Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 18.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 29 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.5 Peru · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 18.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#02106C

Analogous#6C2902, #456C02

Triadic#026C5E, #5E026C

Split complementary#02456C, #29026C

Tetradic#026C29, #02106C, #6C0245

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBE23F

Lighter +30%#FBDB0C

Lighter +20%#D0B504

Lighter +10%#9E8A03

Darker −10%#3A3201

Darker −20%#080700

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6E5F00

Less saturated −25%#5E5410

Channel breakdown

R108

G94

Red108 (42.4%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue52.08°

Saturation (HSL)96.36%

Lightness21.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 5E · B 02

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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