#6E6015#6E6015

#6E6015 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.092 H 98.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6015
RGB	rgb(110, 96, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 80.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, -3.00, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 41.88, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% -0.0129 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.092 98)
XYZ	xyz(10.7492, 11.7354, 2.4083)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6015 #15236E

analogous

#6E3315 #6E6015 #4F6E15

triadic

#6E6015 #156E60 #60156E

tetradic

#6E6015 #156E33 #15236E #6E154F

square

#6E6015 #156E33 #15236E #6E154F

split-complementary

#6E6015 #154F6E #33156E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #3B330B #6E6015 #A18D1F #D5BA29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#6E6015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#6E6015 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6015

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6015	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 96, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.092 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8c59',
    500: '#6e6015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6015;
$custom-light: #9b8c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.562,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48859,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.11735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6015

secondary

#3A4BA4

accent

#58EB3D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0F0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6015

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

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