#6B5A16#6B5A16

#6B5A16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.087 H 94.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5A16
RGB	rgb(107, 90, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.72, -0.88, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.72, 39.35, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.15% -0.0066 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(47.15% 0.087 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8649, 10.4966, 2.2653)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5A16 #16276B

analogous

#6B2F16 #6B5A16 #516B16

triadic

#6B5A16 #166B5A #5A166B

tetradic

#6B5A16 #166B2F #16276B #6B1651

square

#6B5A16 #166B2F #16276B #6B1651

split-complementary

#6B5A16 #16516B #2F166B

monochromatic

#191505 #382F0C #6B5A16 #9E8520 #D1AF2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#6B5A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#6B5A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5A16

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5A16	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74524D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 90, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.087 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998859',
    500: '#6b5a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5a16;
$custom-light: #998859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47146,
    "c": 0.08664,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5A16

secondary

#3B50A1

accent

#61E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5A16

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

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