Colour

#6E621D

#6E621D
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6E621D is a yellow with RGB values 110, 98, 29 and HSL 51°, 58%, 27%. 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

#6E621D#6E621D

HEX#6E621D

RGBrgb(110, 98, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3843, 0.1137

RGB percentages43.1%, 38.4%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(51.1, 58.3%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 73.6%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 73.6%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,234,077

CSS custom property--colour: #6E621D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12139WCAG 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#919DE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C5F13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6421no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#775A54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 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 17.3 Olive · ΔE 22.4 Olivedrab · ΔE 29.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D296E

Analogous#6E391D, #526E1D

Triadic#1D6E62, #621D6E

Split complementary#1D526E, #391D6E

Tetradic#1D6E39, #1D296E, #6E1D52

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCCE7B

Lighter +30%#D2BF52

Lighter +20%#BFAA32

Lighter +10%#968628

Darker −10%#463E12

Darker −20%#1D1A08

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F6E0C

Less saturated −25%#5D562E

Channel breakdown

R110

G98

B29

Red110 (43.1%)

Green98 (38.4%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue51.11°

Saturation (HSL)58.27%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 62 · B 1D

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