Colour

#6E642F

#6E642F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6E642F is a yellow with RGB values 110, 100, 47 and HSL 50°, 40%, 31%. 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#6E642F

RGBrgb(110, 100, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3922, 0.1843

RGB percentages43.1%, 39.2%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(50.5, 40.1%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.5, 57.3%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 57.3%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,234,607

CSS custom property--colour: #6E642F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12635WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#626262

Inverted#919BD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D622Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6531no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#765D58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 15.2 Olive · ΔE 28.9 Dim grey · ΔE 31.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 32 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.6 Sienna · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 15.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F396E

Analogous#6E452F, #596E2F

Triadic#2F6E64, #642F6E

Split complementary#2F596E, #442F6E

Tetradic#2F6E45, #2F396E, #6E2F59

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2C997

Lighter +30%#C3B673

Lighter +20%#B4A44F

Lighter +10%#92843E

Darker −10%#4A4420

Darker −20%#272310

Darker −30%#030301

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#82711B

Less saturated −25%#5A5743

Channel breakdown

R110

G100

B47

Red110 (43.1%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue50.48°

Saturation (HSL)40.13%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 64 · B 2F

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