Recognised as Colour

#6E5E1B

#6E5E1B
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6E5E1B is a yellow with RGB values 110, 94, 27 and HSL 48°, 61%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6E5E1B#6E5E1B

HEX#6E5E1B

RGBrgb(110, 94, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3686, 0.1059

RGB percentages43.1%, 36.9%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(48.4, 60.6%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 75.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 14.5%, 75.5%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,233,051

CSS custom property--colour: #6E5E1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness94.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5D5D5D

Inverted#91A1E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685C11no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C611Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#775651no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.3 Olive · ΔE 24.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.2 Sienna · ΔE 31.2 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 19.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B2B6E

Analogous#6E351B, #556E1B

Triadic#1B6E5E, #5E1B6E

Split complementary#1B556E, #341B6E

Tetradic#1B6E34, #1B2B6E, #6E1B55

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DECA77

Lighter +30%#D4BA4E

Lighter +20%#C0A42F

Lighter +10%#978125

Darker −10%#453B11

Darker −20%#1C1807

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F690A

Less saturated −25%#5D532C

Channel breakdown

R110

G94

B27

Red110 (43.1%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue48.43°

Saturation (HSL)60.58%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 5E · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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