Recognised as Colour

#6D6226

#6D6226
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6D6226 is a yellow with RGB values 109, 98, 38 and HSL 51°, 48%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6D6226

RGBrgb(109, 98, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.3843, 0.149

RGB percentages42.7%, 38.4%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(50.7, 48.3%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 65.1%, 42.7%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 65.1%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,168,550

CSS custom property--colour: #6D6226;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.13:1

Contrast with white6.13:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#929DD9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B5F1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6329no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#755B55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.43:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.8 Olive · ΔE 25.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 31 Olivedrab · ΔE 31.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.7 Sienna · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26316D

Analogous#6D3F26, #556D26

Triadic#266D62, #62266D

Split complementary#26556D, #3E266D

Tetradic#266D3E, #26316D, #6D2655

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6CA89

Lighter +30%#C9B963

Lighter +20%#B9A640

Lighter +10%#938433

Darker −10%#474019

Darker −20%#211E0C

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F6F14

Less saturated −25%#5B5538

Channel breakdown

R109

G98

B38

Red109 (42.7%)

Green98 (38.4%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue50.7°

Saturation (HSL)48.3%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6D · G 62 · B 26

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