#6B5F16#6B5F16

#6B5F16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.091 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5F16
RGB	rgb(107, 95, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, -3.83, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 40.91, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% -0.0149 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.091 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3009, 11.3686, 2.4107)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5F16 #16226B

analogous

#6B3416 #6B5F16 #4D6B16

triadic

#6B5F16 #166B5F #5F166B

tetradic

#6B5F16 #166B34 #16226B #6B164D

square

#6B5F16 #166B34 #16226B #6B164D

split-complementary

#6B5F16 #164D6B #34166B

monochromatic

#191705 #38320C #6B5F16 #9E8C20 #D1B92B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#6B5F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#6B5F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5F16

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5F16	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 95, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.091 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988c5a',
    500: '#6b5f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5f16;
$custom-light: #988c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48314,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5F16

secondary

#3B4AA1

accent

#57E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5F16

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

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