#6B6216#6B6216

#6B6216 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.093 H 102.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6216
RGB	rgb(107, 98, 22)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, -5.58, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 41.94, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% -0.0199 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.093 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5764, 11.9196, 2.5025)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6216 #161F6B

analogous

#6B3716 #6B6216 #496B16

triadic

#6B6216 #166B62 #62166B

tetradic

#6B6216 #166B37 #161F6B #6B1649

square

#6B6216 #166B37 #161F6B #6B1649

split-complementary

#6B6216 #16496B #37166B

monochromatic

#191705 #38340C #6B6216 #9E9020 #D1BF2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#6B6216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#6B6216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6216

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6216	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E631B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 98, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.093 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988e5a',
    500: '#6b6216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6216;
$custom-light: #988e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.647,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49024,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6216

secondary

#3B46A1

accent

#51E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6216

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

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