#6A6516#6A6516

#6A6516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.096 H 105.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6516
RGB	rgb(106, 101, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 79.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, -7.78, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 42.99, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% -0.026 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.096 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7428, 12.4299, 2.5922)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6516 #161B6A

analogous

#6A3B16 #6A6516 #456A16

triadic

#6A6516 #166A65 #65166A

tetradic

#6A6516 #166A3B #161B6A #6A1645

square

#6A6516 #166A3B #161B6A #6A1645

split-complementary

#6A6516 #16456A #3B166A

monochromatic

#191805 #37350B #6A6516 #9D9521 #CFC62B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#6A6516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#6A6516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6516

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6516	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#725E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 101, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.096 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98905a',
    500: '#6a6516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6516;
$custom-light: #98905a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4964,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6516

secondary

#3B41A0

accent

#49E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6516

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

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