GLubyte array and getPixel function

Hello Everyone,

I am having issues with extracting a pixel from a GLubyte array.

Here is what I have

GLubyte* pixels = SOIL_load_image( file_path.c_str() , &width, &height, &channels, SOIL_LOAD_AUTO ); // load the pixel array

//later in the code 

//RGB is holds GLint r, g, b

RGB Texture::getPixel( const int x, const int y ) const{

	if( x < 0 || x > width -1 || y < 0 || y > height -1 ) 
		return RGB();

	int w = channels * width;
	int idx = y * w + x;

	GLubyte r = pixels[ idx + 0 ];
	GLubyte g = pixels[ idx + 1 ];
	GLubyte b = pixels[ idx + 2 ];

	return RGB( (GLint) r , (GLint) g , (GLint)  b );

I think I am tying into the array correctly. I do get integer values for my RGB struct, but they are all wrong. I get colors that don't even appear on the texture.

If anyone knows what I am doing wrong, please let me know.

Thanks so much,

Mike