#6d6e5b

Color #6d6e5b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.32 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6d6e5b

RGB

rgb(109, 110, 91)

HSL

hsl(63.2, 9.5%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.2, 17.3%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 17.3%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(45.85, -3.99, 10.49)

LCH

lch(45.85, 11.22, 110.82)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0287, 109.76)

HWB

hwb(63.2, 35.7%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c5b6e

Analogous

#6e655b

#6d6e5b

#636e5b

Triadic

#6d6e5b

#5b6d6e

#6e5b6d

Split-complementary

#6d6e5b

#5b636e

#655b6e

Tetradic

#6d6e5b

#5b6e5c

#5c5b6e

#6e5b6d

Square

#6d6e5b

#5b6e65

#5c5b6e

#6e5b63

Shades

Color #6d6e5b mixed toward black.

#5b5c4c

#49493d

#36372d

#24251e

#12120f

Tints

Color #6d6e5b mixed toward white.

#898a72

#a1a28e

#b8b9aa

#d0d0c7

#e7e8e3

Tones

Color #6d6e5b mixed toward gray.

#6c6c5d

#6a6b5e

#696960

#676861

#666663

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.03:1

White text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d60 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#6d6d61 · ΔE 3.1

Tritanopia

#6d6465 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 9.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6d6e5b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6d6e5b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6d6e5b (#6d6e5b) is rgb(109, 110, 91) in RGB.

No, #6d6e5b 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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