#6C5C16#6C5C16

#6C5C16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.088 H 95.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C5C16
RGB	rgb(108, 92, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 79.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, -1.58, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 40.06, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% -0.0086 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.088 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1568, 10.9009, 2.3280)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C5C16 #16266C

analogous

#6C3116 #6C5C16 #516C16

triadic

#6C5C16 #166C5C #5C166C

tetradic

#6C5C16 #166C31 #16266C #6C1651

square

#6C5C16 #166C31 #16266C #6C1651

split-complementary

#6C5C16 #16516C #31166C

monochromatic

#191605 #39310C #6C5C16 #9F8720 #D2B32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#6C5C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#6C5C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C5C16

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C5C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C5C16	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c5c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 92, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.088 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998959',
    500: '#6c5c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c5c16;
$custom-light: #998959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c5c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4772,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C5C16

secondary

#3C4FA2

accent

#5EE93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C5C16

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

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