#6AA310

sRGB · 106 / 163 / 16

#6AA310 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 106 red, 163 green and 16 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 83.3° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 82.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 35.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 106, 163, 16
HSL: 83.27°, 82.12%, 35.10%
HSV / HSB: 83.27°, 90.18%, 63.92%
CMYK (approx.): 34.97%, 0.00%, 90.18%, 36.08%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 19.134, 29.295, 5.137
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 61.041, -39.035, 60.569
WCAG relative luminance: 0.29296
24-bit decimal: 6988560

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #6AA310 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 6.86:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.06:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4910A3 sits half a turn (180°) from #6AA310 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#6AA310 #4910A3

Analogous

#A39310 and #21A310 sit 30° to either side of #6AA310. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A39310 #6AA310 #21A310

Triadic

#6AA310, #106AA3 and #A3106A are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#6AA310 #106AA3 #A3106A

Split complementary

Start at #6AA310 and look across the wheel. #1021A3 and #9210A3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#6AA310 #1021A3 #9210A3

Square

Starting with #6AA310, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #10A392, #4910A3, then #A31021. Across the square, #6AA310 pairs with #4910A3, and #10A392 with #A31021.

#6AA310 #10A392 #4910A3 #A31021

Tetradic

#6AA310 and #4910A3 are opposites, as are #10A349 and #A3106A. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#6AA310 #10A349 #4910A3 #A3106A

Tints

Mixing #6AA310 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #88B540, keeps 80% of the original. By #E1EDCF, the mixture is 80% white.

#6AA310 #88B540 #A6C870 #C3DA9F #E1EDCF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #6AA310 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #55820D, keeps 80% of the original. By #152103, the mixture is 80% black.

#6AA310 #55820D #40620A #2A4106 #152103 #000000

Tones

Mixing #6AA310 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6E9C26, keeps 80% of the original. By #7C876A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#6AA310 #6E9C26 #73953D #778E53 #7C876A #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#6AA310

RGB

rgb(106 163 16)

HSL

hsl(83.265 82.123% 35.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #6AA310;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#6AA310 uses 106 red, 163 green and 16 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 41.6%

Green 63.9%

Blue 6.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #6AA310 is 35.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 90.2% yellow and 36.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 35.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 90.2%

Black 36.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #66AA11. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #6A1 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #6AA310 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #669900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #66AA11 Nearest web-safe · #669900

Gradient to complement

#6AA310 #658B29 #5F7241 #5A5A5A #544172 #4F298B #4910A3

Color vision previews

Compare how #6AA310 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#AB9600

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A39226

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#6D9C8A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#989A00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#95981F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6EA057

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#939393

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#819B6C

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.14413 G 0.36625 B 0.00518

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.46559 G 0.63336 B 0.20189

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.18356 G 0.35888 B 0.03370

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.357 y 0.547 Y 29.295

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 58.431 M % 36.078 Y % 93.725

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01101010 10100011 00010000