#6A6A42#6A6A42

#6A6A42 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.058 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6A42
RGB	rgb(106, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 23%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, -6.77, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 23.49, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.4% -0.0183 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(51.4% 0.058 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0814, 13.7658, 7.1738)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6A42 #42426A

analogous

#6A5642 #6A6A42 #566A42

triadic

#6A6A42 #426A6A #6A426A

tetradic

#6A6A42 #426A56 #42426A #6A4256

square

#6A6A42 #426A56 #42426A #6A4256

split-complementary

#6A6A42 #42566A #56426A

monochromatic

#1F1F13 #44442B #6A6A42 #909059 #ACAC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#6A6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#6A6A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6A42

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6A42	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F6560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.058 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959477',
    500: '#6a6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6a42;
$custom-light: #959477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51396,
    "c": 0.05821,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6A42

secondary

#707098

accent

#68C068

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F2F1ED

border

#CCCBC8

text

#0D0D08

muted

#7E7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6A42

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

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