#6B6B16#6B6B16

#6B6B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.102 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6B16
RGB	rgb(107, 107, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.4%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.80, -10.70, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.80, 45.35, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% -0.0342 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.102 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4663, 13.6995, 2.7992)
Luminance	0.1370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6B16 #16166B

analogous

#6B4016 #6B6B16 #406B16

triadic

#6B6B16 #166B6B #6B166B

tetradic

#6B6B16 #166B40 #16166B #6B1640

square

#6B6B16 #166B40 #16166B #6B1640

split-complementary

#6B6B16 #16406B #40166B

monochromatic

#191905 #38380C #6B6B16 #9E9E20 #D1D12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#6B6B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#6B6B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6B16

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6B16	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75691D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73645B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 107, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.102 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98955b',
    500: '#6b6b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6b16;
$custom-light: #98955b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51184,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6B16

secondary

#3B3BA1

accent

#3FE93F

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6B16

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

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