#6B5E15#6B5E15

#6B5E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.090 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5E15
RGB	rgb(107, 94, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 80.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, -3.29, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 40.96, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% -0.0135 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.09 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2020, 11.1859, 2.3310)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5E15 #15226B

analogous

#6B3315 #6B5E15 #4D6B15

triadic

#6B5E15 #156B5E #5E156B

tetradic

#6B5E15 #156B33 #15226B #6B154D

square

#6B5E15 #156B33 #15226B #6B154D

split-complementary

#6B5E15 #154D6B #33156B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #38310B #6B5E15 #9E8B1F #D1B829

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#6B5E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#6B5E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5E15

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5E15	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 94, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.090 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998b59',
    500: '#6b5e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5e15;
$custom-light: #998b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48072,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5E15

secondary

#3A4AA2

accent

#58EA3E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5E15

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

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