#6C6516#6C6516

#6C6516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.096 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6516
RGB	rgb(108, 101, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 79.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, -6.82, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 43.07, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% -0.0234 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.096 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9833, 12.5539, 2.6035)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6516 #161D6C

analogous

#6C3A16 #6C6516 #486C16

triadic

#6C6516 #166C65 #65166C

tetradic

#6C6516 #166C3A #161D6C #6C1648

square

#6C6516 #166C3A #161D6C #6C1648

split-complementary

#6C6516 #16486C #3A166C

monochromatic

#191805 #39350C #6C6516 #9F9520 #D2C42B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#6C6516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#6C6516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6516

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6516	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 101, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.096 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99905a',
    500: '#6c6516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6516;
$custom-light: #99905a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49839,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6516

secondary

#3C44A2

accent

#4DE93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6516

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

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