#6d6d09

Color #6d6d09

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 11.13 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6d09

RGB

rgb(109, 109, 9)

HSL

hsl(60, 84.7%, 23.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 91.7%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 91.7%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(44.53, -11.3, 48.46)

LCH

lch(44.53, 49.76, 103.13)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.1098, 109.69)

HWB

hwb(60, 3.5%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#09096d

Analogous

#6d3b09

#6d6d09

#3b6d09

Triadic

#6d6d09

#096d6d

#6d096d

Split-complementary

#6d6d09

#093b6d

#3b096d

Tetradic

#6d6d09

#096d09

#09096d

#6d096d

Square

#6d6d09

#096d3b

#09096d

#6d093b

Shades

Color #6d6d09 mixed toward black.

#5b5b08

#494906

#363605

#242403

#121202

Tints

Color #6d6d09 mixed toward white.

#a9a90e

#e6e613

#f0f04a

#f5f586

#fafac3

Tones

Color #6d6d09 mixed toward gray.

#646411

#5c5c1a

#545422

#4c4c2a

#434333

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d38 · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#6d6d3e · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#6d4a4d · ΔE 34.4

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 23.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6d09;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6d09]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6d6d09 (#6d6d09) is rgb(109, 109, 9) in RGB.

No, #6d6d09 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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