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Recognised as Colour

#6E6A5B

  • #6E6A5B
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#6E6A5B is a yellow with RGB values 110, 106, 91 and HSL 47°, 9%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6E6A5B#6E6A5B
HEX#6E6A5B
RGBrgb(110, 106, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.4157, 0.3569
RGB percentages43.1%, 41.6%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(47.4, 9.5%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.4, 17.3%, 43.1%)
CMYK0%, 3.6%, 17.3%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,236,187
CSS custom property--colour: #6E6A5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness105.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.42:1
Contrast with white5.42:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A
Inverted#9195A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D695Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F6A5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#716866no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 9.1Gray · ΔE 12.7Slate grey · ΔE 21.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.3Light slate grey · ΔE 23Dark grey · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 9.08, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5B5F6E
Analogous#6E615B, #696E5B
Triadic#5B6E6A, #6A5B6E
Split complementary#5B696E, #615B6E
Tetradic#5B6E61, #5B5F6E, #6E5B69

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CFCDC6
Lighter +30%#B8B5AA
Lighter +20%#A19D8E
Lighter +10%#8A8572
Darker −10%#524F44
Darker −20%#36342D
Darker −30%#1A1916
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#877942
Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R110
G106
B91
Red110 (43.1%)
Green106 (41.6%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue47.37°
Saturation (HSL)9.45%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 6E · G 6A · B 5B

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