Recognised as Colour

#6C6126

#6C6126
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6C6126 is a yellow with RGB values 108, 97, 38 and HSL 51°, 48%, 29%. 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#6C6126

RGBrgb(108, 97, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.3804, 0.149

RGB percentages42.4%, 38%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(50.6, 47.9%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 64.8%, 42.4%)

CMYK0%, 10.2%, 64.8%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,102,758

CSS custom property--colour: #6C6126;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.22:1

Contrast with white6.22:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#939ED9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5E1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6229no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#745A54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.8 Olive · ΔE 26.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.1 Sienna · ΔE 33 Dark khaki · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26316C

Analogous#6C3E26, #546C26

Triadic#266C61, #61266C

Split complementary#26546C, #3E266C

Tetradic#266C3E, #26316C, #6C2654

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5C989

Lighter +30%#C8B863

Lighter +20%#B7A541

Lighter +10%#928333

Darker −10%#463F19

Darker −20%#211D0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E6E14

Less saturated −25%#5A5438

Channel breakdown

R108

G97

B38

Red108 (42.4%)

Green97 (38%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue50.57°

Saturation (HSL)47.95%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6C · G 61 · B 26

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