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Recognised as Colour

#6E611A

  • #6E611A
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6E611A is a yellow with RGB values 110, 97, 26 and HSL 51°, 62%, 27%. 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

#6E611A#6E611A
HEX#6E611A
RGBrgb(110, 97, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3804, 0.102
RGB percentages43.1%, 38%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(50.7, 61.8%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 76.4%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 11.8%, 76.4%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,233,818
CSS custom property--colour: #6E611A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.2:1
Contrast with white6.2:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#919EE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B5E0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F631Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#775953no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 18.2Olive · ΔE 22Olivedrab · ΔE 29.9Saddle brown · ΔE 30Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.8Dark khaki · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 18.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A276E
Analogous#6E371A, #516E1A
Triadic#1A6E61, #611A6E
Split complementary#1A516E, #371A6E
Tetradic#1A6E37, #1A276E, #6E1A51

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFCE76
Lighter +30%#D5C04C
Lighter +20%#C1AA2D
Lighter +10%#978524
Darker −10%#453D10
Darker −20%#1C1807
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F6D09
Less saturated −25%#5D552B

Channel breakdown

R110
G97
B26
Red110 (43.1%)
Green97 (38%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue50.71°
Saturation (HSL)61.76%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 61 · B 1A

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