#6e6a5d

Color #6e6a5d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class stone-500 #79716b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6a5d

RGB

rgb(110, 106, 93)

HSL

hsl(45.9, 8.4%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.9, 15.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 15.5%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(44.82, -0.89, 7.86)

LCH

lch(44.82, 7.91, 96.46)

OKLCH

oklch(52.4%, 0.0204, 92.81)

HWB

hwb(45.9, 36.5%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5d616e

Analogous

#6e615d

#6e6a5d

#696e5d

Triadic

#6e6a5d

#5d6e6a

#6a5d6e

Split-complementary

#6e6a5d

#5d696e

#615d6e

Tetradic

#6e6a5d

#616e5d

#5d616e

#6a5d6e

Square

#6e6a5d

#5d6e61

#5d616e

#6e5d69

Shades

Color #6e6a5d mixed toward black.

#5c584d

#49473e

#37352e

#25231f

#12120f

Tints

Color #6e6a5d mixed toward white.

#8a8574

#a19d90

#b9b6ac

#d0cec8

#e8e7e3

Tones

Color #6e6a5d mixed toward gray.

#6d695e

#6b6960

#6a6861

#686763

#676664

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.88:1

White text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c60 · ΔE 2.3

Deuteranopia

#6d6d61 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#6e6363 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 6.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6a5d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6a5d]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#6e6a5d (#6e6a5d) is rgb(110, 106, 93) in RGB.

No, #6e6a5d 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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