#6E6B16#6E6B16

#6E6B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.102 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6B16
RGB	rgb(110, 107, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, -9.27, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 45.38, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% -0.0304 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.102 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8334, 13.8887, 2.8164)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6B16 #16196E

analogous

#6E3F16 #6E6B16 #456E16

triadic

#6E6B16 #166E6B #6B166E

tetradic

#6E6B16 #166E3F #16196E #6E1645

square

#6E6B16 #166E3F #16196E #6E1645

split-complementary

#6E6B16 #16456E #3F166E

monochromatic

#1A1905 #3B390C #6E6B16 #A19D20 #D4CE2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#6E6B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#6E6B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6B16

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6B16	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77635B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 107, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.102 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b955b',
    500: '#6e6b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6b16;
$custom-light: #9b955b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.955,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51469,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6B16

secondary

#3C3FA4

accent

#44EA3E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6B16

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

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