#6A5E11#6A5E11

#6A5E11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.093 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A5E11
RGB	rgb(106, 94, 17)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 84%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.77, -3.95, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.77, 42.31, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% -0.0157 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.093 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0482, 11.1106, 2.1455)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A5E11 #111D6A

analogous

#6A3211 #6A5E11 #4A6A11

triadic

#6A5E11 #116A5E #5E116A

tetradic

#6A5E11 #116A32 #111D6A #6A114A

square

#6A5E11 #116A32 #111D6A #6A114A

split-complementary

#6A5E11 #114A6A #32116A

monochromatic

#1A1704 #352F09 #6A5E11 #9F8D19 #D3BC22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#6A5E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#6A5E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A5E11

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A5E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A5E11	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a5e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 94, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.093 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988b57',
    500: '#6a5e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a5e11;
$custom-light: #988b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a5e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47941,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A5E11

secondary

#3544A2

accent

#51EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A5E11

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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