#6a6656

Color #6a6656

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.81 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6656

RGB

rgb(106, 102, 86)

HSL

hsl(48, 10.4%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 18.9%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 18.9%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(43.12, -1.41, 9.62)

LCH

lch(43.12, 9.72, 98.34)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.0249, 95.53)

HWB

hwb(48, 33.7%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#565a6a

Analogous

#6a5c56

#6a6656

#646a56

Triadic

#6a6656

#566a66

#66566a

Split-complementary

#6a6656

#56646a

#5c566a

Tetradic

#6a6656

#5a6a56

#565a6a

#66566a

Square

#6a6656

#566a5c

#565a6a

#6a5664

Shades

Color #6a6656 mixed toward black.

#585548

#474439

#35332b

#23221d

#12110e

Tints

Color #6a6656 mixed toward white.

#87826e

#a09c8a

#b8b4a7

#cfcdc4

#e7e6e2

Tones

Color #6a6656 mixed toward gray.

#686558

#676459

#65635b

#63625d

#62615e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.65:1

White text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68685a · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#69695b · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#6a5d5e · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6656;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6656]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#6a6656 (#6a6656) is rgb(106, 102, 86) in RGB.

No, #6a6656 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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