Colour

#6E6437

#6E6437
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6E6437 is a yellow with RGB values 110, 100, 55 and HSL 49°, 33%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#6E6437#6E6437

HEX#6E6437

RGBrgb(110, 100, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3922, 0.2157

RGB percentages43.1%, 39.2%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(49.1, 33.3%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 50%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 50%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,234,615

CSS custom property--colour: #6E6437;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.93:1

Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#919BC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C6233no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6539no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#755E59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.5 Dim grey · ΔE 27.1 Gray · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.8 Olive · ΔE 32.9 Sienna · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37416E

Analogous#6E4837, #5D6E37

Triadic#376E64, #64376E

Split complementary#375D6E, #48376E

Tetradic#376E48, #37416E, #6E375D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0C7A1

Lighter +30%#BFB37F

Lighter +20%#AE9F5D

Lighter +10%#908348

Darker −10%#4C4526

Darker −20%#2A2615

Darker −30%#080704

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#837122

Less saturated −25%#59574C

Channel breakdown

R110

G100

B55

Red110 (43.1%)

Green100 (39.2%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 64 · B 37

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