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Recognised as Colour

#6E7717

  • #6E7717
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Olive

#6E7717 is a yellow with RGB values 110, 119, 23 and HSL 66°, 68%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Olive.

Colour values

#6E7717#6E7717
HEX#6E7717
RGBrgb(110, 119, 23)
RGB (0–1)0.4314, 0.4667, 0.0902
RGB percentages43.1%, 46.7%, 9%
HSLhsl(65.6, 67.6%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.6, 80.7%, 46.7%)
CMYK7.6%, 0%, 80.7%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,239,447
CSS custom property--colour: #6E7717;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.87:1
Contrast with white4.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E
Inverted#9188E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#807100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#807220no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#767065no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Olive · ΔE 10.6Olivedrab · ΔE 14.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 17.9Dark khaki · ΔE 27.8Dark green · ΔE 30.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourOlive (#808000)ΔE 10.56, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#201777
Analogous#775017, #3E7717
Triadic#176E77, #77176E
Split complementary#173E77, #501777
Tetradic#177750, #201777, #77173E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAE476
Lighter +30%#CFDC4B
Lighter +20%#BDCC28
Lighter +10%#96A21F
Darker −10%#464C0F
Darker −20%#1F2206
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7C8905
Less saturated −25%#606529

Channel breakdown

R110
G119
B23
Red110 (43.1%)
Green119 (46.7%)
Blue23 (9%)
Hue65.63°
Saturation (HSL)67.61%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 6E · G 77 · B 17

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