#6c6c57

Color #6c6c57

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 12.44 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6c57

RGB

rgb(108, 108, 87)

HSL

hsl(60, 10.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 19.4%, 42.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.4%, 57.6%)

LAB

lab(45.08, -3.92, 11.79)

LCH

lch(45.08, 12.42, 108.39)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0317, 107.46)

HWB

hwb(60, 34.1%, 57.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57576c

Analogous

#6c6157

#6c6c57

#616c57

Triadic

#6c6c57

#576c6c

#6c576c

Split-complementary

#6c6c57

#57616c

#61576c

Tetradic

#6c6c57

#576c57

#57576c

#6c576c

Square

#6c6c57

#576c61

#57576c

#6c5761

Shades

Color #6c6c57 mixed toward black.

#5a5a48

#48483a

#36362b

#24241d

#12120e

Tints

Color #6c6c57 mixed toward white.

#89896e

#a1a18b

#b9b9a8

#d0d0c5

#e8e8e2

Tones

Color #6c6c57 mixed toward gray.

#6a6a59

#68685a

#67675c

#65655e

#636360

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.92:1

White text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c5d · ΔE 2.5

Deuteranopia

#6c6c5e · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#6c6162 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 10.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6c57;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6c57]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6c6c57 (#6c6c57) is rgb(108, 108, 87) in RGB.

No, #6c6c57 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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