#6C6616#6C6616

#6C6616 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.097 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6616
RGB	rgb(108, 102, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 79.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, -7.39, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 43.44, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% -0.025 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.097 105)
XYZ	xyz(11.0810, 12.7493, 2.6361)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6616 #161C6C

analogous

#6C3B16 #6C6616 #476C16

triadic

#6C6616 #166C66 #66166C

tetradic

#6C6616 #166C3B #161C6C #6C1647

square

#6C6616 #166C3B #161C6C #6C1647

split-complementary

#6C6616 #16476C #3B166C

monochromatic

#191805 #39360C #6C6616 #9F9620 #D2C62B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#6C6616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#6C6616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6616

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6616	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 102, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.097 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99915b',
    500: '#6c6616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6616;
$custom-light: #99915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50077,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.12749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6616

secondary

#3C43A2

accent

#4BE93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6616

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

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