#6b6b56

Color #6b6b56

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 12.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6b6b56

RGB

rgb(107, 107, 86)

HSL

hsl(60, 10.9%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 19.6%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.6%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.68, -3.93, 11.81)

LCH

lch(44.68, 12.45, 108.41)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.0317, 107.46)

HWB

hwb(60, 33.7%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56566b

Analogous

#6b6056

#6b6b56

#606b56

Triadic

#6b6b56

#566b6b

#6b566b

Split-complementary

#6b6b56

#56606b

#60566b

Tetradic

#6b6b56

#566b56

#56566b

#6b566b

Square

#6b6b56

#566b60

#56566b

#6b5660

Shades

Color #6b6b56 mixed toward black.

#595948

#474739

#35352b

#24241d

#12120e

Tints

Color #6b6b56 mixed toward white.

#88886d

#a1a18a

#b8b8a7

#d0d0c4

#e7e7e2

Tones

Color #6b6b56 mixed toward gray.

#696958

#676759

#66665b

#64645d

#62625f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.86:1

White text reads better on this background (5.44:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b5c · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#6b6b5d · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#6b6061 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6b6b56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b6b56]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6b6b56 (#6b6b56) is rgb(107, 107, 86) in RGB.

No, #6b6b56 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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