#6d6d55

Color #6d6d55

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.2 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6d55

RGB

rgb(109, 109, 85)

HSL

hsl(60, 12.4%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 22%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 22%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(45.42, -4.42, 13.46)

LCH

lch(45.42, 14.17, 108.18)

OKLCH

oklch(52.8%, 0.036, 107.63)

HWB

hwb(60, 33.3%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55556d

Analogous

#6d6155

#6d6d55

#616d55

Triadic

#6d6d55

#556d6d

#6d556d

Split-complementary

#6d6d55

#55616d

#61556d

Tetradic

#6d6d55

#556d55

#55556d

#6d556d

Square

#6d6d55

#556d61

#55556d

#6d5561

Shades

Color #6d6d55 mixed toward black.

#5b5b47

#494939

#36362a

#24241c

#12120e

Tints

Color #6d6d55 mixed toward white.

#8b8b6c

#a3a389

#babaa6

#d1d1c4

#e8e8e1

Tones

Color #6d6d55 mixed toward gray.

#6b6b57

#696959

#67675b

#65655d

#63635f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.97:1

White text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d5c · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6d6d5d · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#6d6061 · ΔE 16.9

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 11.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6d55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6d55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6d6d55 (#6d6d55) is rgb(109, 109, 85) in RGB.

No, #6d6d55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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