#6E5912#6E5912

#6E5912 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.089 H 91.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5912
RGB	rgb(110, 89, 18)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 1.01, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 41.03, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.23% -0.0018 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(47.23% 0.089 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1126, 10.5041, 2.0670)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5912 #12276E

analogous

#6E2B12 #6E5912 #556E12

triadic

#6E5912 #126E59 #59126E

tetradic

#6E5912 #126E2B #12276E #6E1255

square

#6E5912 #126E2B #12276E #6E1255

split-complementary

#6E5912 #12556E #2B126E

monochromatic

#1A1504 #392E09 #6E5912 #A3841B #D7AE23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#6E5912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#6E5912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5912

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5912	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78514C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 89, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.089 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8757',
    500: '#6e5912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5912;
$custom-light: #9b8757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.304,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47225,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5912

secondary

#3750A5

accent

#63EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0F0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5912

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

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