#6D6D16#6D6D16

#6D6D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.104 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D6D16
RGB	rgb(109, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, -10.86, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 46.16, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% -0.0348 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.104 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9206, 14.2468, 2.8809)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D6D16 #16166D

analogous

#6D4116 #6D6D16 #416D16

triadic

#6D6D16 #166D6D #6D166D

tetradic

#6D6D16 #166D41 #16166D #6D1641

square

#6D6D16 #166D41 #16166D #6D1641

split-complementary

#6D6D16 #16416D #41166D

monochromatic

#191905 #3A3A0C #6D6D16 #A0A020 #D3D32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#6D6D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#6D6D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D6D16

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D6D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D6D16	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d6d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.104 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a965c',
    500: '#6d6d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d6d16;
$custom-light: #9a965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d6d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51856,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D6D16

secondary

#3C3CA3

accent

#3EE93E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D6D16

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

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