Colour

#6C611D

#6C611D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6C611D is a yellow with RGB values 108, 97, 29 and HSL 52°, 58%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6C611D

RGBrgb(108, 97, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.3804, 0.1137

RGB percentages42.4%, 38%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(51.6, 57.7%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 73.1%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 73.1%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,102,749

CSS custom property--colour: #6C611D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.24:1

Contrast with white6.24:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#939EE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5E13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6221no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#755A53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.37:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.8 Olive · ΔE 22.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)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#1D286C

Analogous#6C3A1D, #506C1D

Triadic#1D6C61, #611D6C

Split complementary#1D506C, #391D6C

Tetradic#1D6C39, #1D286C, #6C1D50

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DBCE7A

Lighter +30%#D0BF52

Lighter +20%#BCA933

Lighter +10%#948528

Darker −10%#443D12

Darker −20%#1C1907

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D6D0C

Less saturated −25%#5B552E

Channel breakdown

R108

G97

B29

Red108 (42.4%)

Green97 (38%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue51.65°

Saturation (HSL)57.66%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 61 · B 1D

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