Recognised as Colour

#6D6015

#6D6015
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6D6015 is a yellow with RGB values 109, 96, 21 and HSL 51°, 68%, 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

#6D6015#6D6015

HEX#6D6015

RGBrgb(109, 96, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.3765, 0.0824

RGB percentages42.7%, 37.6%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(51.1, 67.7%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 80.7%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.9%, 80.7%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,168,021

CSS custom property--colour: #6D6015;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.9 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#929FEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5D05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E621Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#765852no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.5 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 Olive · ΔE 21 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.1 Peru · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15226D

Analogous#6D3415, #4E6D15

Triadic#156D60, #60156D

Split complementary#154E6D, #34156D

Tetradic#156D34, #15226D, #6D154E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3D16B

Lighter +30%#DAC441

Lighter +20%#C3AB25

Lighter +10%#98861D

Darker −10%#423A0D

Darker −20%#171505

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D6B05

Less saturated −25%#5D5525

Channel breakdown

R109

G96

B21

Red109 (42.7%)

Green96 (37.6%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue51.14°

Saturation (HSL)67.69%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 60 · B 15

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#6D6015

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else