#6D6B16#6D6B16

#6D6B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.102 H 108.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D6B16
RGB	rgb(109, 107, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, -9.74, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 45.37, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% -0.0317 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.102 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.7096, 13.8249, 2.8106)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D6B16 #16186D

analogous

#6D3F16 #6D6B16 #436D16

triadic

#6D6B16 #166D6B #6B166D

tetradic

#6D6B16 #166D3F #16186D #6D1643

square

#6D6B16 #166D3F #16186D #6D1643

split-complementary

#6D6B16 #16436D #3F166D

monochromatic

#191905 #3A390C #6D6B16 #A09D20 #D3CF2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#6D6B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#6D6B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D6B16

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D6B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D6B16	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75635B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d6b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 107, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.102 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a955b',
    500: '#6d6b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d6b16;
$custom-light: #9a955b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d6b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51373,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D6B16

secondary

#3C3EA3

accent

#42E93E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D6B16

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

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