#6c500a Color Information

#6c500a Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #6c500a. In RGB, it consists of 42.4% Red, 31.4% Green, and 3.9% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 25.9% Magenta, 90.7% Yellow, and 57.6% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 42.9°, with saturation of 83.1% and lightness of 23.1%. The decimal value for #6c500a is 7098378, and its nearest "web safe" color is #666600. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #6c500a is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#6c500a Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color108, 80, 10 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color42.4%, 31.4%, 3.9% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.576, 0.686, 0.961 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.259, 0.907, 0.576 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color42.9°, 83.1%, 23.1% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color42.9°, 90.7%, 42.4% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color9.108, 8.947, 1.534 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color49, 108, 10 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code7098378 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color35.883, 5.170, 41.148 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)35.883, 41.471, 82.838 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color35.883, 22.600, 35.477 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color29.912, 2.004, 17.898 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.465, 0.457, 8.947 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4285288458 / 0xff6c500a Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#666600 Copy
Last Updated: November 24, 2024

Shades of #6c500a

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #6c500a, its pure hue is 42.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 83.1%, and its lightness is 23.1%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #6c500a, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #0e0a01 to #5f4609.

Tints of #6c500a

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #6c500a, its pure hue is 42.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 83.1%, and its lightness is 23.1%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #6c500a, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #7e6629 to #ede9e0.

Tones of #6c500a

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #6c500a, its pure hue is 42.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 83.1%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #6c500a, which range from #3b3b3b (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #765400 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #6c500a

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #6c500a! For #6c500a, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #6c500a. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #6c500a

This color, #6c500a, consists of 42.4% Red, 31.4% Green, and 3.9% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 108, Green = 80, Blue = 10. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #6c500a is 0% Cyan, 25.9% Magenta, 90.7% Yellow, and 57.6% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R42.4%
C0.0%
G31.4%
M25.9%
B3.9%
Y90.7%
K57.6%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 108 80 10
Octal 154 120 12
Hexa #6c #50 #0a
Binary 01101100 01010000 00001010
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 25 90 57
Octal 0 31 132 71
Hexa #00 #19 #5a #39
Binary 00000000 00011001 01011010 00111001

Analogous Colors of #6c500a

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #6c500a — which has hue 42.9° — its analogous colors are located at 12.9° and 72.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #6c500a.

Triadic Colors of #6c500a

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #6c500a — which has hue 42.9° — its triadic colors are located at 42.9° and 282.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #6c500a.

Complementary Color of #6c500a

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #6c500a — which has hue 42.9° — its complementary color is located at 222.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #6c500a.

Split Complementary Colors of #6c500a

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #6c500a — which has hue 42.9° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 42.9° and 252.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #6c500a.

Tetradic Colors of #6c500a

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #6c500a — which has hue 42.9° — its tetradic colors are located at 312.9°, 42.9°, 132.9°, and 222.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #6c500a.

Monochromatic Colors of #6c500a

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #6c500a, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #342708 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #aa7b08 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #6c500a

We want to make getting started with #6c500a on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #6c500a into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #6c500a can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #6c500a with other HTML elements.

#6c500a Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #6c500a.
<span style="color: #6c500a;">The color of this text is #6c500a.</span>

#6c500a Background Color

The background color for this text is #6c500a.
<div style="background-color: #6c500a; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #6c500a.</div>

#6c500a Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #6c500a.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #6c500a;">This color for the shadow of this text is #6c500a.</span>

#6c500a Border Color

This is a div with border color #6c500a.
<div style="border: #6c500a 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #6c500a.</div>

#6c500a Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #6c500a on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #6c500a; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #6c500a on a white background.</div></div>

#6c500a Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #6c500a on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #6c500a; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #6c500a on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #6c500a to White

This is a gradient from #6c500a to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#6c500a,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#6c500a,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#6c500a,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#6c500a,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #6c500a to white.</div>

Gradient from #6c500a to Black

This is a gradient from #6c500a to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#6c500a,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#6c500a,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#6c500a,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#6c500a,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #6c500a to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #6c500a

In addition to using #6c500a on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #6c500a in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #6c500a, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 108, Green = 80, Blue = 10). If you need details about the color coordinates of #6c500a in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #6c500a
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(108, 80, 10)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #6c500a; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #6c500a; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #6c500a; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(108, 80, 10);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#6c500a")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:108, green:80, blue:10, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:108 green:80 blue:10 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(108f, 80f, 10f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(108, 80, 10);
 

#6c500a Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #6c500a the same way. For those with color blindness, #6c500a might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #6c500a looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #6c500a is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #6c500a looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #6c500a will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #6c500a is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 7.5:1 against white. This is a high enough ratio to be considered accessible under both the AA and AAA level standards for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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WCAG AAA
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