#6D5E16#6D5E16

#6D5E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.090 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D5E16
RGB	rgb(109, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, -2.27, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 40.78, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% -0.0106 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.09 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4547, 11.3151, 2.3923)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D5E16 #16256D

analogous

#6D3216 #6D5E16 #506D16

triadic

#6D5E16 #166D5E #5E166D

tetradic

#6D5E16 #166D32 #16256D #6D1650

square

#6D5E16 #166D32 #16256D #6D1650

split-complementary

#6D5E16 #16506D #32166D

monochromatic

#191605 #3A320C #6D5E16 #A08A20 #D3B62B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#6D5E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#6D5E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D5E16

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D5E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D5E16	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)

#685C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#765650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d5e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.090 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a8b59',
    500: '#6d5e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d5e16;
$custom-light: #9a8b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d5e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48293,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D5E16

secondary

#3C4DA3

accent

#5CE93E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D5E16

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

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