#6C6D16#6C6D16

#6C6D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.104 H 110.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6D16
RGB	rgb(108, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.50, -11.34, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.50, 46.16, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% -0.0361 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.104 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7982, 14.1837, 2.8751)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6D16 #17166D

analogous

#6D4216 #6C6D16 #406D16

triadic

#6C6D16 #166C6D #6D166C

tetradic

#6C6D16 #166D42 #17166D #6D1640

square

#6C6D16 #166D42 #17166D #6D1640

split-complementary

#6C6D16 #16406D #42166D

monochromatic

#191905 #3A3A0C #6C6D16 #9EA020 #D1D32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#6C6D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#6C6D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6D16

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6D16	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.104 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99965b',
    500: '#6c6d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6d16;
$custom-light: #99965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.69,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51762,
    "c": 0.10429,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6D16

secondary

#3D3CA3

accent

#3EE940

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6D16

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

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