#6A6511#6A6511

#6A6511 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.099 H 105.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6511
RGB	rgb(106, 101, 17)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 84%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, -7.99, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 44.70, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% -0.0271 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.099 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6992, 12.4124, 2.3625)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6511 #11166A

analogous

#6A3911 #6A6511 #436A11

triadic

#6A6511 #116A65 #65116A

tetradic

#6A6511 #116A39 #11166A #6A1143

square

#6A6511 #116A39 #11166A #6A1143

split-complementary

#6A6511 #11436A #39116A

monochromatic

#1A1904 #353309 #6A6511 #9F9719 #D3CA22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#6A6511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#6A6511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6511

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6511	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 101, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.099 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#989058',
    500: '#6a6511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6511;
$custom-light: #989058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49609,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6511

secondary

#353BA2

accent

#43EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6511

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

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