#6B5B16#6B5B16

#6B5B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.087 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5B16
RGB	rgb(107, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, -1.48, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 39.64, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% -0.0083 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.087 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9498, 10.6664, 2.2937)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5B16 #16266B

analogous

#6B3116 #6B5B16 #506B16

triadic

#6B5B16 #166B5B #5B166B

tetradic

#6B5B16 #166B31 #16266B #6B1650

square

#6B5B16 #166B31 #16266B #6B1650

split-complementary

#6B5B16 #16506B #31166B

monochromatic

#191605 #38300C #6B5B16 #9E8620 #D1B12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#6B5B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#6B5B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5B16

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5B16	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74534E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.087 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998959',
    500: '#6b5b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5b16;
$custom-light: #998959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47378,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5B16

secondary

#3B4FA1

accent

#5FE93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5B16

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

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