#6c6e5a

Color #6c6e5a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.91 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#6c6e5a

RGB

rgb(108, 110, 90)

HSL

hsl(66, 10%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 18.2%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 18.2%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(45.74, -4.57, 10.92)

LCH

lch(45.74, 11.84, 112.71)

OKLCH

oklch(53.1%, 0.0303, 112.08)

HWB

hwb(66, 35.3%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c5a6e

Analogous

#6e665a

#6c6e5a

#626e5a

Triadic

#6c6e5a

#5a6c6e

#6e5a6c

Split-complementary

#6c6e5a

#5a626e

#665a6e

Tetradic

#6c6e5a

#5a6e5c

#5c5a6e

#6e5a6c

Square

#6c6e5a

#5a6e66

#5c5a6e

#6e5a62

Shades

Color #6c6e5a mixed toward black.

#5a5c4b

#48493c

#36372d

#24251e

#12120f

Tints

Color #6c6e5a mixed toward white.

#888a71

#a0a28d

#b8b9aa

#cfd0c6

#e7e8e3

Tones

Color #6c6e5a mixed toward gray.

#6b6c5c

#696b5d

#68695f

#676761

#656662

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.02:1

White text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d5f · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#6d6d61 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#6c6364 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 10

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6c6e5a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6c6e5a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6c6e5a (#6c6e5a) is rgb(108, 110, 90) in RGB.

No, #6c6e5a 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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