#6B5E22#6B5E22

#6B5E22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.081 H 97.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5E22
RGB	rgb(107, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, -2.55, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 35.31, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% -0.0098 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.081 97)
XYZ	xyz(10.3553, 11.2472, 3.1385)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5E22 #222F6B

analogous

#6B3922 #6B5E22 #536B22

triadic

#6B5E22 #226B5E #5E226B

tetradic

#6B5E22 #226B39 #222F6B #6B2253

square

#6B5E22 #226B39 #222F6B #6B2253

split-complementary

#6B5E22 #22536B #39226B

monochromatic

#171407 #3D3513 #6B5E22 #998731 #C4AD44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#6B5E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#6B5E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5E22

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5E22	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.081 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988b60',
    500: '#6b5e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5e22;
$custom-light: #988b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48186,
    "c": 0.08065,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.11247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5E22

secondary

#4A599F

accent

#66DB4D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5E22

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

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