#6E5812#6E5812

#6E5812 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.088 H 90.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5812
RGB	rgb(110, 88, 18)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.44, 1.61, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.44, 40.79, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47% -0.0001 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(47% 0.088 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0299, 10.3388, 2.0395)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5812 #12286E

analogous

#6E2A12 #6E5812 #566E12

triadic

#6E5812 #126E58 #58126E

tetradic

#6E5812 #126E2A #12286E #6E1256

square

#6E5812 #126E2A #12286E #6E1256

split-complementary

#6E5812 #12566E #2A126E

monochromatic

#1A1504 #392E09 #6E5812 #A3821B #D7AC23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#6E5812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#6E5812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5812

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5812	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695D16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 88, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.088 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8657',
    500: '#6e5812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5812;
$custom-light: #9b8657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46997,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5812

secondary

#3751A5

accent

#65EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0F0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5812

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

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