Recognised as Colour

#6D612E

#6D612E
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6D612E is a yellow with RGB values 109, 97, 46 and HSL 49°, 41%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6D612E

RGBrgb(109, 97, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.3804, 0.1804

RGB percentages42.7%, 38%, 18%

HSLhsl(48.6, 40.6%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.6, 57.8%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 57.8%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,168,302

CSS custom property--colour: #6D612E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11998WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.18:1

Contrast with white6.18:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#929ED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A5F29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6330no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#755A55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.5 Olive · ΔE 30.2 Dim grey · ΔE 30.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Sienna · ΔE 32.2 Gray · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E3A6D

Analogous#6D412E, #5A6D2E

Triadic#2E6D61, #612E6D

Split complementary#2E5A6D, #412E6D

Tetradic#2E6D41, #2E3A6D, #6D2E5A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2C695

Lighter +30%#C3B371

Lighter +20%#B4A04D

Lighter +10%#91813D

Darker −10%#49411F

Darker −20%#252110

Darker −30%#010101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#806D1B

Less saturated −25%#5A5541

Channel breakdown

R109

G97

B46

Red109 (42.7%)

Green97 (38%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue48.57°

Saturation (HSL)40.65%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 61 · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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