Colour

#6C6000

#6C6000
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Olive

#6C6000 is a yellow with RGB values 108, 96, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

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HEX#6C6000

RGBrgb(108, 96, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.3765, 0

RGB percentages42.4%, 37.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(53.3, 100%, 21.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 100%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 100%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,102,464

CSS custom property--colour: #6C6000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.34:1

Contrast with white6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C

Inverted#939FFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E610Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#755851no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 16.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 22.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 27.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.9 Peru · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 16.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000C6C

Analogous#6C2A00, #426C00

Triadic#006C60, #60006C

Split complementary#00426C, #2A006C

Tetradic#006C2A, #000C6C, #6C0042

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFE939

Lighter +30%#FFE306

Lighter +20%#D2BB00

Lighter +10%#9F8D00

Darker −10%#393300

Darker −20%#060500

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#6C6000

Less saturated −25%#5F550E

Channel breakdown

R108

G96

Red108 (42.4%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.33°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness21.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 60 · B 00

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Colour values

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