#6b6d5b

Color #6b6d5b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.74 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#6b6d5b

RGB

rgb(107, 109, 91)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 9%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 16.5%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 16.5%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(45.38, -4.23, 9.82)

LCH

lch(45.38, 10.69, 113.3)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.0274, 112.54)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 35.7%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d5b6d

Analogous

#6d665b

#6b6d5b

#626d5b

Triadic

#6b6d5b

#5b6b6d

#6d5b6b

Split-complementary

#6b6d5b

#5b626d

#665b6d

Tetradic

#6b6d5b

#5b6d5d

#5d5b6d

#6d5b6b

Square

#6b6d5b

#5b6d66

#5d5b6d

#6d5b62

Shades

Color #6b6d5b mixed toward black.

#595b4c

#47493d

#35362d

#24241e

#12120f

Tints

Color #6b6d5b mixed toward white.

#878972

#9fa18e

#b7b8ab

#cfd0c7

#e7e7e3

Tones

Color #6b6d5b mixed toward gray.

#6a6b5c

#696a5e

#67685f

#666761

#656562

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.96:1

White text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c60 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#6c6c61 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#6b6364 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 9.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6b6d5b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6b6d5b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6b6d5b (#6b6d5b) is rgb(107, 109, 91) in RGB.

No, #6b6d5b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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