#6B6516#6B6516

#6B6516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6516
RGB	rgb(107, 101, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -7.30, 42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 43.02, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% -0.0247 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8624, 12.4915, 2.5978)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6516 #161C6B

analogous

#6B3B16 #6B6516 #466B16

triadic

#6B6516 #166B65 #65166B

tetradic

#6B6516 #166B3B #161C6B #6B1646

square

#6B6516 #166B3B #161C6B #6B1646

split-complementary

#6B6516 #16466B #3B166B

monochromatic

#191805 #38350C #6B6516 #9E9520 #D1C52B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#6B6516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#6B6516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6516

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6516	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 101, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98905a',
    500: '#6b6516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6516;
$custom-light: #98905a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49739,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6516

secondary

#3B43A1

accent

#4BE93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6516

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

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