#6E5712#6E5712

#6E5712 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.088 H 89.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5712
RGB	rgb(110, 87, 18)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, 2.21, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 40.55, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(46.77% 0.0016 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(46.77% 0.088 89)
XYZ	xyz(9.9484, 10.1757, 2.0123)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5712 #12296E

analogous

#6E2912 #6E5712 #576E12

triadic

#6E5712 #126E57 #57126E

tetradic

#6E5712 #126E29 #12296E #6E1257

square

#6E5712 #126E29 #12296E #6E1257

split-complementary

#6E5712 #12576E #29126E

monochromatic

#1A1504 #392D09 #6E5712 #A3811B #D7AA23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#6E5712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#6E5712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5712

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5712	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#784F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 87, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.088 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8657',
    500: '#6e5712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5712;
$custom-light: #9b8657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46771,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.10175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5712

secondary

#3752A5

accent

#67EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0F0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5712

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

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