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Recognised as Colour

#6C6F49

  • #6C6F49
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6C6F49 is a yellow with RGB values 108, 111, 73 and HSL 65°, 21%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6C6F49#6C6F49
HEX#6C6F49
RGBrgb(108, 111, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.4235, 0.4353, 0.2863
RGB percentages42.4%, 43.5%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(64.7, 20.7%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.7, 34.2%, 43.5%)
CMYK2.7%, 0%, 34.2%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,106,377
CSS custom property--colour: #6C6F49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#9390B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#756C46no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#756D4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Tritanopia#716B65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.1Dim grey · ΔE 22.3Gray · ΔE 23.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 31Tan · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4C496F
Analogous#6F5F49, #596F49
Triadic#496C6F, #6F496C
Split complementary#49596F, #5F496F
Tetradic#496F5F, #4C496F, #6F4959

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CDCFB5
Lighter +30%#B8BA97
Lighter +20%#A2A678
Lighter +10%#8A8E5D
Darker −10%#4E5035
Darker −20%#303121
Darker −30%#12130C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F8632
Less saturated −25%#5C5C5C

Channel breakdown

R108
G111
B73
Red108 (42.4%)
Green111 (43.5%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue64.74°
Saturation (HSL)20.65%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6C · G 6F · B 49

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