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Recognised as Colour

#6C642E

  • #6C642E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6C642E is a yellow with RGB values 108, 100, 46 and HSL 52°, 40%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6C642E#6C642E
HEX#6C642E
RGBrgb(108, 100, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.3922, 0.1804
RGB percentages42.4%, 39.2%, 18%
HSLhsl(52.3, 40.3%, 30.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.3, 57.4%, 42.4%)
CMYK0%, 7.4%, 57.4%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,103,534
CSS custom property--colour: #6C642E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6:1
Contrast with white6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#939BD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6C6129no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F6531no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#745E58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 14.2Olive · ΔE 28.4Dim grey · ΔE 31.8Olivedrab · ΔE 32.5Dark khaki · ΔE 32.6Saddle brown · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 14.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2E366C
Analogous#6C452E, #556C2E
Triadic#2E6C64, #642E6C
Split complementary#2E556C, #452E6C
Tetradic#2E6C45, #2E366C, #6C2E55

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2CA94
Lighter +30%#C2B871
Lighter +20%#B3A64D
Lighter +10%#90853D
Darker −10%#48431F
Darker −20%#242210
Darker −30%#010100
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F721B
Less saturated −25%#595641

Channel breakdown

R108
G100
B46
Red108 (42.4%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue52.26°
Saturation (HSL)40.26%
Lightness30.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6C · G 64 · B 2E

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