#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
RGBrgb(108, 92, 22)
HSLhsl(49, 66%, 25%)
HSVhsv(49, 80%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.8%, 79.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(39.41, -1.58, 40.03)
CIE-LCHlch(39.41, 40.06, 92.26°)
OKLaboklab(47.72% -0.0086 0.0878)
OKLCHoklch(47.72% 0.088 95.6)
XYZxyz(10.1568, 10.9009, 2.3280)
Luminance0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##6C5C161.006.603.186.60
#FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00
#0000003.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00

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

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#6C5C16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva