#6D5E15#6D5E15

#6D5E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.090 H 96.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D5E15
RGB	rgb(109, 94, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 80.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, -2.31, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 41.16, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% -0.0109 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.09 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4453, 11.3113, 2.3424)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D5E15 #15246D

analogous

#6D3215 #6D5E15 #506D15

triadic

#6D5E15 #156D5E #5E156D

tetradic

#6D5E15 #156D32 #15246D #6D1550

square

#6D5E15 #156D32 #15246D #6D1550

split-complementary

#6D5E15 #15506D #32156D

monochromatic

#1A1605 #3A320B #6D5E15 #A08A1F #D4B729

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#6D5E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#6D5E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D5E15

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D5E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D5E15	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#765650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d5e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 94, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.090 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a8b59',
    500: '#6d5e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d5e15;
$custom-light: #9a8b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d5e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48286,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D5E15

secondary

#3A4CA3

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D5E15

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

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