#6D6E16#6D6E16

#6D6E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.105 H 110.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D6E16
RGB	rgb(109, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, -11.42, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 46.56, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% -0.0363 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.105 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0279, 14.4613, 2.9166)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D6E16 #17166E

analogous

#6E4316 #6D6E16 #416E16

triadic

#6D6E16 #166D6E #6E166D

tetradic

#6D6E16 #166E43 #17166E #6E1641

square

#6D6E16 #166E43 #17166E #6E1641

split-complementary

#6D6E16 #16416E #43166E

monochromatic

#191A05 #3A3B0C #6D6E16 #A0A120 #D2D42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#6D6E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#6D6E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D6E16

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D6E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D6E16	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d6e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.105 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a975c',
    500: '#6d6e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d6e16;
$custom-light: #9a975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d6e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52098,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D6E16

secondary

#3D3CA4

accent

#3EEA40

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D6E16

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

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