#6E601B#6E601B

#6E601B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.088 H 97.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E601B
RGB	rgb(110, 96, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, -2.71, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 39.49, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% -0.0114 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.088 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8116, 11.7604, 2.7372)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E601B #1B296E

analogous

#6E371B #6E601B #536E1B

triadic

#6E601B #1B6E60 #601B6E

tetradic

#6E601B #1B6E37 #1B296E #6E1B53

square

#6E601B #1B6E37 #1B296E #6E1B53

split-complementary

#6E601B #1B536E #371B6E

monochromatic

#191506 #3D350F #6E601B #9F8B27 #CEB436

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#6E601B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#6E601B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E601B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E601B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E601B	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e601b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 96, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.088 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8c5c',
    500: '#6e601b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e601b;
$custom-light: #9b8c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e601b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.88,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48904,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E601B

secondary

#4252A3

accent

#5FE444

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E601B

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

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