Colour

#6D6011

#6D6011
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6D6011 is a yellow with RGB values 109, 96, 17 and HSL 52°, 73%, 25%. 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

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HEX#6D6011

RGBrgb(109, 96, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.3765, 0.0667

RGB percentages42.7%, 37.6%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(51.5, 73%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 84.4%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.9%, 84.4%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,168,017

CSS custom property--colour: #6D6011;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11657WCAG 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 6.3:1

Contrast with white6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#929FEE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6217no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#765851no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.7 Olive · ΔE 19.9 Olivedrab · ΔE 29 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.3 Peru · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#111E6D

Analogous#6D3211, #4C6D11

Triadic#116D60, #60116D

Split complementary#114C6D, #32116D

Tetradic#116D32, #111E6D, #6D114C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7D463

Lighter +30%#E0C837

Lighter +20%#C5AE1F

Lighter +10%#998718

Darker −10%#41390A

Darker −20%#151203

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D6B01

Less saturated −25%#5D5521

Channel breakdown

R109

G96

B17

Red109 (42.7%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue51.52°

Saturation (HSL)73.02%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 60 · B 11

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