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Recognised as Colour

#6D5F23

  • #6D5F23
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6D5F23 is a yellow with RGB values 109, 95, 35 and HSL 49°, 51%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6D5F23#6D5F23
HEX#6D5F23
RGBrgb(109, 95, 35)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.3725, 0.1373
RGB percentages42.7%, 37.3%, 13.7%
HSLhsl(48.6, 51.4%, 28.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 67.9%, 42.7%)
CMYK0%, 12.8%, 67.9%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,167,779
CSS custom property--colour: #6D5F23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.34:1
Contrast with white6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#92A0DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#695D1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C6126no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#765852no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.5Olive · ΔE 26.5Saddle brown · ΔE 29.3Sienna · ΔE 31.6Olivedrab · ΔE 33Dark khaki · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#23316D
Analogous#6D3A23, #566D23
Triadic#236D5F, #5F236D
Split complementary#23566D, #3A236D
Tetradic#236D3A, #23316D, #6D2356

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D8C884
Lighter +30%#CBB75E
Lighter +20%#BAA23C
Lighter +10%#94812F
Darker −10%#463D17
Darker −20%#201C0A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F6A11
Less saturated −25%#5B5435

Channel breakdown

R109
G95
B35
Red109 (42.7%)
Green95 (37.3%)
Blue35 (13.7%)
Hue48.65°
Saturation (HSL)51.39%
Lightness28.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6D · G 5F · B 23

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