#6A6016#6A6016

#6A6016 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.091 H 101.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6016
RGB	rgb(106, 96, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 79.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, -4.90, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 41.17, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% -0.0179 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.091 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2720, 11.4883, 2.4353)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6016 #16206A

analogous

#6A3616 #6A6016 #4A6A16

triadic

#6A6016 #166A60 #60166A

tetradic

#6A6016 #166A36 #16206A #6A164A

square

#6A6016 #166A36 #16206A #6A164A

split-complementary

#6A6016 #164A6A #36166A

monochromatic

#191705 #37320B #6A6016 #9D8E21 #CFBC2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#6A6016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6A6016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6016

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6016	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 96, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.091 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988c5a',
    500: '#6a6016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6016;
$custom-light: #988c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48446,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6016

secondary

#3B47A0

accent

#53E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6016

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

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