#6D601B#6D601B

#6D601B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.088 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D601B
RGB	rgb(109, 96, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 75.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.73, -3.19, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.73, 39.39, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% -0.0127 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.088 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6879, 11.6966, 2.7314)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D601B #1B286D

analogous

#6D371B #6D601B #516D1B

triadic

#6D601B #1B6D60 #601B6D

tetradic

#6D601B #1B6D37 #1B286D #6D1B51

square

#6D601B #1B6D37 #1B286D #6D1B51

split-complementary

#6D601B #1B516D #371B6D

monochromatic

#191606 #3C350F #6D601B #9E8B27 #CDB535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#6D601B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6D601B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D601B

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D601B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D601B	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#765852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d601b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 96, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.088 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a8c5c',
    500: '#6d601b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d601b;
$custom-light: #9a8c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d601b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.488,
    "s": 60.294,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48798,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D601B

secondary

#4251A2

accent

#5EE344

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D601B

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

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