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Colour

#6C685A

  • #6C685A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6C685A is a yellow with RGB values 108, 104, 90 and HSL 47°, 9%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6C685A#6C685A
HEX#6C685A
RGBrgb(108, 104, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.4078, 0.3529
RGB percentages42.4%, 40.8%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(46.7, 9.1%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 16.7%, 42.4%)
CMYK0%, 3.7%, 16.7%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,104,602
CSS custom property--colour: #6C685A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness103.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#686868
Inverted#9397A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B6759no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C695Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6F6664no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.5Gray · ΔE 12.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 20.6Slate grey · ΔE 21Light slate grey · ΔE 22.9Dark grey · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A5E6C
Analogous#6C5F5A, #676C5A
Triadic#5A6C68, #685A6C
Split complementary#5A676C, #5F5A6C
Tetradic#5A6C5F, #5A5E6C, #6C5A67

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CECCC4
Lighter +30%#B7B4A8
Lighter +20%#A09B8C
Lighter +10%#888371
Darker −10%#504D43
Darker −20%#34322C
Darker −30%#191814
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#857641
Less saturated −25%#636363

Channel breakdown

R108
G104
B90
Red108 (42.4%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue46.67°
Saturation (HSL)9.09%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6C · G 68 · B 5A

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