#6E6D16#6E6D16

#6E6D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.104 H 108.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6D16
RGB	rgb(110, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, -10.39, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 46.16, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% -0.0335 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.104 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0443, 14.3106, 2.8867)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6D16 #16176E

analogous

#6E4116 #6E6D16 #436E16

triadic

#6E6D16 #166E6D #6D166E

tetradic

#6E6D16 #166E41 #16176E #6E1643

square

#6E6D16 #166E41 #16176E #6E1643

split-complementary

#6E6D16 #16436E #41166E

monochromatic

#1A1905 #3B3A0C #6E6D16 #A1A020 #D4D22A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#6E6D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#6E6D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6D16

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6D16	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76655D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.104 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b965c',
    500: '#6e6d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6d16;
$custom-light: #9b965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.318,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5195,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6D16

secondary

#3C3DA4

accent

#40EA3E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6D16

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

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