#6A6616#6A6616

#6A6616 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.097 H 106.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6616
RGB	rgb(106, 102, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 79.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, -8.35, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 43.37, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% -0.0276 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.097 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8405, 12.6252, 2.6248)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6616 #161A6A

analogous

#6A3C16 #6A6616 #446A16

triadic

#6A6616 #166A66 #66166A

tetradic

#6A6616 #166A3C #161A6A #6A1644

square

#6A6616 #166A3C #161A6A #6A1644

split-complementary

#6A6616 #16446A #3C166A

monochromatic

#191805 #37350B #6A6616 #9D9721 #CFC82B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#6A6616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#6A6616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6616

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6616	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#725F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 102, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.097 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98915a',
    500: '#6a6616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6616;
$custom-light: #98915a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4988,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6616

secondary

#3B40A0

accent

#47E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6616

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

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