#6A5E16#6A5E16

#6A5E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.090 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A5E16
RGB	rgb(106, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 79.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, -3.73, 40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 40.49, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% -0.0146 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.09 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0919, 11.1280, 2.3752)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A5E16 #16226A

analogous

#6A3416 #6A5E16 #4C6A16

triadic

#6A5E16 #166A5E #5E166A

tetradic

#6A5E16 #166A34 #16226A #6A164C

square

#6A5E16 #166A34 #16226A #6A164C

split-complementary

#6A5E16 #164C6A #34166A

monochromatic

#191605 #37310B #6A5E16 #9D8B21 #CFB82B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#6A5E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#6A5E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A5E16

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A5E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A5E16	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a5e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.090 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988b59',
    500: '#6a5e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a5e16;
$custom-light: #988b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a5e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47974,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A5E16

secondary

#3B4AA0

accent

#57E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A5E16

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

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