#6E5E16#6E5E16

#6E5E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.090 H 95.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5E16
RGB	rgb(110, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, -1.78, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 40.89, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% -0.0093 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.09 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5785, 11.3789, 2.3981)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5E16 #16266E

analogous

#6E3216 #6E5E16 #526E16

triadic

#6E5E16 #166E5E #5E166E

tetradic

#6E5E16 #166E32 #16266E #6E1652

square

#6E5E16 #166E32 #16266E #6E1652

split-complementary

#6E5E16 #16526E #32166E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #3B320C #6E5E16 #A18A20 #D4B52A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#6E5E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#6E5E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5E16

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5E16	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.090 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8b59',
    500: '#6e5e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5e16;
$custom-light: #9b8b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48401,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5E16

secondary

#3C4FA4

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0F0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5E16

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

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