#6E5A12#6E5A12

#6E5A12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.090 H 92.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5A12
RGB	rgb(110, 90, 18)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 0.42, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 41.28, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% -0.0035 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.09 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1964, 10.6716, 2.0949)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5A12 #12266E

analogous

#6E2C12 #6E5A12 #546E12

triadic

#6E5A12 #126E5A #5A126E

tetradic

#6E5A12 #126E2C #12266E #6E1254

square

#6E5A12 #126E2C #12266E #6E1254

split-complementary

#6E5A12 #12546E #2C126E

monochromatic

#1A1604 #392F09 #6E5A12 #A3851B #D7B023

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#6E5A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#6E5A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5A12

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5A12	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78524D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 90, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.090 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8857',
    500: '#6e5a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5a12;
$custom-light: #9b8857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47453,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5A12

secondary

#374FA5

accent

#61EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0F0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5A12

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

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