#6B5D16#6B5D16

#6B5D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.089 H 97.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5D16
RGB	rgb(107, 93, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.60, -2.66, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.60, 40.26, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% -0.0116 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.089 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1231, 11.0130, 2.3514)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5D16 #16246B

analogous

#6B3316 #6B5D16 #4E6B16

triadic

#6B5D16 #166B5D #5D166B

tetradic

#6B5D16 #166B33 #16246B #6B164E

square

#6B5D16 #166B33 #16246B #6B164E

split-complementary

#6B5D16 #164E6B #33166B

monochromatic

#191605 #38310C #6B5D16 #9E8920 #D1B52B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#6B5D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#6B5D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5D16

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5D16	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74554F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 93, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.089 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998a59',
    500: '#6b5d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5d16;
$custom-light: #998a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47845,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5D16

secondary

#3B4CA1

accent

#5BE93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5D16

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

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