Recognised as Colour

#6E6F55

#6E6F55
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#6E6F55 is a yellow with RGB values 110, 111, 85 and HSL 62°, 13%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#6E6F55#6E6F55

HEX#6E6F55

RGBrgb(110, 111, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.4353, 0.3333

RGB percentages43.1%, 43.5%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(62.3, 13.3%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.3, 23.4%, 43.5%)

CMYK0.9%, 0%, 23.4%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,237,461

CSS custom property--colour: #6E6F55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1

Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6D6D6D

Inverted#9190AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#736D53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#746E56no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#726C68no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 15.4 Gray · ΔE 17 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.3 Slate grey · ΔE 26 Light slate grey · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 15.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#56556F

Analogous#6F6355, #616F55

Triadic#556E6F, #6F556E

Split complementary#55616F, #63556F

Tetradic#556F63, #56556F, #6F5561

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CFCFC1

Lighter +30%#B8B9A4

Lighter +20%#A2A387

Lighter +10%#8B8C6B

Darker −10%#51523F

Darker −20%#353529

Darker −30%#181813

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#85883C

Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R110

G111

B85

Red110 (43.1%)

Green111 (43.5%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue62.31°

Saturation (HSL)13.27%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 6E · G 6F · B 55

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Colour harmonies

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