#6b5e28

Color #6b5e28

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 16.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#6b5e28

RGB

rgb(107, 94, 40)

HSL

hsl(48.4, 45.6%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.4, 62.6%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 62.6%, 58%)

LAB

lab(40.06, -2.09, 32.25)

LCH

lch(40.06, 32.32, 93.71)

OKLCH

oklch(48.3%, 0.0751, 95.89)

HWB

hwb(48.4, 15.7%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#28356b

Analogous

#6b3c28

#6b5e28

#566b28

Triadic

#6b5e28

#286b5e

#5e286b

Split-complementary

#6b5e28

#28566b

#3c286b

Tetradic

#6b5e28

#356b28

#28356b

#5e286b

Square

#6b5e28

#286b3c

#28356b

#6b2856

Shades

Color #6b5e28 mixed toward black.

#594e21

#473f1b

#352f14

#241f0d

#121007

Tints

Color #6b5e28 mixed toward white.

#978538

#bda84f

#cebe7b

#ded3a7

#efe9d3

Tones

Color #6b5e28 mixed toward gray.

#655b2e

#605733

#5a5439

#55503e

#4f4d44

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#66663b · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#66673e · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#6a4648 · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b5e28;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b5e28]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Frequently asked questions

#6b5e28 (#6b5e28) is rgb(107, 94, 40) in RGB.

No, #6b5e28 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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