#6B5C16#6B5C16

#6B5C16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.088 H 96.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5C16
RGB	rgb(107, 92, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, -2.07, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 39.95, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% -0.0099 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.088 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0359, 10.8386, 2.3223)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5C16 #16256B

analogous

#6B3216 #6B5C16 #4F6B16

triadic

#6B5C16 #166B5C #5C166B

tetradic

#6B5C16 #166B32 #16256B #6B164F

square

#6B5C16 #166B32 #16256B #6B164F

split-complementary

#6B5C16 #164F6B #32166B

monochromatic

#191605 #38300C #6B5C16 #9E8820 #D1B32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#6B5C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#6B5C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5C16

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5C16	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 92, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.088 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998959',
    500: '#6b5c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5c16;
$custom-light: #998959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47611,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5C16

secondary

#3B4DA1

accent

#5DE93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5C16

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

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