#6E6E16#6E6E16

#6E6E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.105 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6E16
RGB	rgb(110, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, -10.95, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 46.56, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% -0.0351 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.105 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1516, 14.5252, 2.9224)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6E16 #16166E

analogous

#6E4216 #6E6E16 #426E16

triadic

#6E6E16 #166E6E #6E166E

tetradic

#6E6E16 #166E42 #16166E #6E1642

square

#6E6E16 #166E42 #16166E #6E1642

split-complementary

#6E6E16 #16426E #42166E

monochromatic

#1A1A05 #3B3B0C #6E6E16 #A1A120 #D4D42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#6E6E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#6E6E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6E16

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6E16	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786901

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.105 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b975c',
    500: '#6e6e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6e16;
$custom-light: #9b975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52191,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6E16

secondary

#3C3CA4

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6E16

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