#6B5E16#6B5E16

#6B5E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.090 H 98.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5E16
RGB	rgb(107, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, -3.25, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 40.58, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% -0.0133 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.09 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2114, 11.1897, 2.3809)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5E16 #16236B

analogous

#6B3416 #6B5E16 #4D6B16

triadic

#6B5E16 #166B5E #5E166B

tetradic

#6B5E16 #166B34 #16236B #6B164D

square

#6B5E16 #166B34 #16236B #6B164D

split-complementary

#6B5E16 #164D6B #34166B

monochromatic

#191605 #38310C #6B5E16 #9E8B20 #D1B72B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#6B5E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#6B5E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5E16

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5E16	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)

#685B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.090 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998b59',
    500: '#6b5e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5e16;
$custom-light: #998b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48079,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5E16

secondary

#3B4BA1

accent

#59E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5E16

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

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