Recognised as Colour

#6F5B16

#6F5B16
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#6F5B16 is a yellow with RGB values 111, 91, 22 and HSL 47°, 67%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#6F5B16

RGBrgb(111, 91, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.4353, 0.3569, 0.0863

RGB percentages43.5%, 35.7%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(46.5, 66.9%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.5, 80.2%, 43.5%)

CMYK0%, 18%, 80.2%, 56.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,297,814

CSS custom property--colour: #6F5B16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.6:1

Contrast with white6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#90A4E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665A09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B5F1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#79534Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 21.7 Olive · ΔE 24.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.1 Sienna · ΔE 29.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.4 Peru · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 21.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#162A6F

Analogous#6F2F16, #576F16

Triadic#166F5B, #5B166F

Split complementary#16576F, #2F166F

Tetradic#166F2E, #162A6F, #6F1656

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2C86F

Lighter +30%#DAB844

Lighter +20%#C4A127

Lighter +10%#9A7E1E

Darker −10%#44380E

Darker −20%#1A1505

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#806405

Less saturated −25%#5E5227

Channel breakdown

R111

G91

B22

Red111 (43.5%)

Green91 (35.7%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue46.52°

Saturation (HSL)66.92%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 6F · G 5B · B 16

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