Colour

#6E6A5C

#6E6A5C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#6E6A5C is a yellow with RGB values 110, 106, 92 and HSL 47°, 9%, 40%. 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

#6E6A5C#6E6A5C

HEX#6E6A5C

RGBrgb(110, 106, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.4157, 0.3608

RGB percentages43.1%, 41.6%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(46.7, 8.9%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.7, 16.4%, 43.1%)

CMYK0%, 3.6%, 16.4%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,236,188

CSS custom property--colour: #6E6A5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.41:1

Contrast with white5.41:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#9195A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D695Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6B5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#716866no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.88:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 8.5 Gray · ΔE 12.2 Slate grey · ΔE 20.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 21.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 22.5 Dark grey · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C606E

Analogous#6E615C, #696E5C

Triadic#5C6E6A, #6A5C6E

Split complementary#5C696E, #615C6E

Tetradic#5C6E61, #5C606E, #6E5C69

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0CEC6

Lighter +30%#B8B5AB

Lighter +20%#A19D8F

Lighter +10%#8A8573

Darker −10%#524F45

Darker −20%#36342E

Darker −30%#1B1A16

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#877843

Less saturated −25%#656565

Channel breakdown

R110

G106

B92

Red110 (43.1%)

Green106 (41.6%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue46.67°

Saturation (HSL)8.91%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6E · G 6A · B 5C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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