Colour

#6E642C

#6E642C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6E642C is a yellow with RGB values 110, 100, 44 and HSL 51°, 43%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6E642C

RGBrgb(110, 100, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3922, 0.1725

RGB percentages43.1%, 39.2%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(50.9, 42.9%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.9, 60%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 60%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,234,604

CSS custom property--colour: #6E642C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.96:1

Contrast with white5.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#919BD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D6126no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#70652Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Tritanopia#765D58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.52:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.1 Olive · ΔE 27.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8 Olivedrab · ΔE 32.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.3 Dim grey · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C366E

Analogous#6E432C, #576E2C

Triadic#2C6E64, #642C6E

Split complementary#2C576E, #432C6E

Tetradic#2C6E43, #2C366E, #6E2C57

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4CA92

Lighter +30%#C5B86E

Lighter +20%#B6A64A

Lighter +10%#92853B

Darker −10%#4A431D

Darker −20%#25220F

Darker −30%#010100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#817119

Less saturated −25%#5B573F

Channel breakdown

R110

G100

B44

Red110 (43.1%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue50.91°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 64 · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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