#6c6c51

Color #6c6c51

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.95 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6c51

RGB

rgb(108, 108, 81)

HSL

hsl(60, 14.3%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 25%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 25%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(44.95, -4.9, 15.17)

LCH

lch(44.95, 15.94, 107.9)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0403, 107.76)

HWB

hwb(60, 31.8%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51516c

Analogous

#6c5f51

#6c6c51

#5f6c51

Triadic

#6c6c51

#516c6c

#6c516c

Split-complementary

#6c6c51

#515f6c

#5f516c

Tetradic

#6c6c51

#516c51

#51516c

#6c516c

Square

#6c6c51

#516c5f

#51516c

#6c515f

Shades

Color #6c6c51 mixed toward black.

#5a5a44

#484836

#363629

#24241b

#12120e

Tints

Color #6c6c51 mixed toward white.

#8b8b68

#a3a385

#babaa3

#d1d1c2

#e8e8e0

Tones

Color #6c6c51 mixed toward gray.

#6a6a53

#686856

#656558

#63635a

#61615c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c58 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#6c6c5a · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#6c5e5f · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 12.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6c51;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6c51]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6c6c51 (#6c6c51) is rgb(108, 108, 81) in RGB.

No, #6c6c51 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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