#6B6D16#6B6D16

#6B6D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.105 H 110.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6D16
RGB	rgb(107, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.41, -11.81, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.41, 46.17, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% -0.0373 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.105 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6773, 14.1213, 2.8695)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6D16 #18166D

analogous

#6D4316 #6B6D16 #3F6D16

triadic

#6B6D16 #166B6D #6D166B

tetradic

#6B6D16 #166D43 #18166D #6D163F

square

#6B6D16 #166D43 #18166D #6D163F

split-complementary

#6B6D16 #163F6D #43166D

monochromatic

#191905 #393A0C #6B6D16 #9DA020 #CFD32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#6B6D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#6B6D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6D16

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6D16	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.105 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98965b',
    500: '#6b6d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6d16;
$custom-light: #98965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.379,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5167,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6D16

secondary

#3E3CA3

accent

#3EE942

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6D16

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

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