#6A601B#6A601B

#6A601B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.088 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A601B
RGB	rgb(106, 96, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 74.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, -4.64, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 39.14, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.49% -0.0166 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(48.49% 0.088 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3250, 11.5095, 2.7144)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A601B #1B256A

analogous

#6A381B #6A601B #4C6A1B

triadic

#6A601B #1B6A60 #601B6A

tetradic

#6A601B #1B6A38 #1B256A #6A1B4C

square

#6A601B #1B6A38 #1B256A #6A1B4C

split-complementary

#6A601B #1B4C6A #381B6A

monochromatic

#181606 #39340F #6A601B #9B8C27 #CBB834

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#6A601B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6A601B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A601B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A601B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A601B	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a601b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 96, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.088 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978c5c',
    500: '#6a601b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a601b;
$custom-light: #978c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a601b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 59.398,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48485,
    "c": 0.08806,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A601B

secondary

#424D9F

accent

#59E345

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A601B

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

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