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Recognised as Colour

#6D742E

  • #6D742E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6D742E is a yellow with RGB values 109, 116, 46 and HSL 66°, 43%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6D742E#6D742E
HEX#6D742E
RGBrgb(109, 116, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.4275, 0.4549, 0.1804
RGB percentages42.7%, 45.5%, 18%
HSLhsl(66, 43.2%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66, 60.3%, 45.5%)
CMYK6%, 0%, 60.3%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,173,166
CSS custom property--colour: #6D742E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness108.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D
Inverted#928BD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C6F26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C7032no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#746E65no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 9.7Olive · ΔE 20.3Olivedrab · ΔE 21.2Dark khaki · ΔE 27Sea green · ΔE 31.8Dark green · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#352E74
Analogous#74582E, #4A742E
Triadic#2E6D74, #742E6D
Split complementary#2E4A74, #582E74
Tetradic#2E7458, #352E74, #742E4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D0D698
Lighter +30%#BFC873
Lighter +20%#AFB94F
Lighter +10%#8F993C
Darker −10%#4B4F20
Darker −20%#282B11
Darker −30%#060603
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7D881A
Less saturated −25%#5D6042

Channel breakdown

R109
G116
B46
Red109 (42.7%)
Green116 (45.5%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue66°
Saturation (HSL)43.21%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6D · G 74 · B 2E

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