Colour

#6E6539

#6E6539
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6E6539 is a yellow with RGB values 110, 101, 57 and HSL 50°, 32%, 33%. 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

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HEX#6E6539

RGBrgb(110, 101, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.3961, 0.2235

RGB percentages43.1%, 39.6%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(49.8, 31.7%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 48.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 8.2%, 48.2%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,234,873

CSS custom property--colour: #6E6539;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.86:1

Contrast with white5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#646464

Inverted#919AC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D6335no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F663Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#755F5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 16.3 Dim grey · ΔE 26.4 Gray · ΔE 28.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.1 Olive · ΔE 33.4 Tan · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 16.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#39426E

Analogous#6E4A39, #5D6E39

Triadic#396E65, #65396E

Split complementary#395D6E, #4A396E

Tetradic#396E4A, #39426E, #6E395D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0C8A3

Lighter +30%#BEB482

Lighter +20%#ADA060

Lighter +10%#90844A

Darker −10%#4C4628

Darker −20%#2B2716

Darker −30%#090805

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#837324

Less saturated −25%#59574E

Channel breakdown

R110

G101

B57

Red110 (43.1%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue49.81°

Saturation (HSL)31.74%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 65 · B 39

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