#6a6a57

Color #6a6a57

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.29 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6a6a57

RGB

rgb(106, 106, 87)

HSL

hsl(60, 9.8%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 17.9%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.9%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(44.32, -3.59, 10.7)

LCH

lch(44.32, 11.29, 108.55)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.0288, 107.37)

HWB

hwb(60, 34.1%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57576a

Analogous

#6a6057

#6a6a57

#606a57

Triadic

#6a6a57

#576a6a

#6a576a

Split-complementary

#6a6a57

#57606a

#60576a

Tetradic

#6a6a57

#576a57

#57576a

#6a576a

Square

#6a6a57

#576a60

#57576a

#6a5760

Shades

Color #6a6a57 mixed toward black.

#585848

#47473a

#35352b

#23231d

#12120e

Tints

Color #6a6a57 mixed toward white.

#87876f

#a0a08b

#b7b7a8

#cfcfc5

#e7e7e2

Tones

Color #6a6a57 mixed toward gray.

#686859

#67675a

#65655c

#64645d

#62625f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

White text reads better on this background (5.51:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a5c · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#6a6a5d · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#6a6061 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 9.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #6a6a57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6a6a57]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6a6a57 (#6a6a57) is rgb(106, 106, 87) in RGB.

No, #6a6a57 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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