#6e6f56

Color #6e6f56

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.81 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#6e6f56

RGB

rgb(110, 111, 86)

HSL

hsl(62.4, 12.7%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.4, 22.5%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 22.5%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(46.12, -4.99, 13.84)

LCH

lch(46.12, 14.71, 109.83)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.0374, 109.55)

HWB

hwb(62.4, 33.7%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#57566f

Analogous

#6f6356

#6e6f56

#616f56

Triadic

#6e6f56

#566e6f

#6f566e

Split-complementary

#6e6f56

#56616f

#63566f

Tetradic

#6e6f56

#566f57

#57566f

#6f566e

Square

#6e6f56

#566f63

#57566f

#6f5661

Shades

Color #6e6f56 mixed toward black.

#5c5c48

#494a39

#37372b

#25251d

#12120e

Tints

Color #6e6f56 mixed toward white.

#8b8c6d

#a3a489

#babba7

#d1d1c4

#e8e8e2

Tones

Color #6e6f56 mixed toward gray.

#6c6d58

#6a6b5a

#68695c

#66675e

#646560

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.07:1

White text reads better on this background (5.16:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6e5d · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#6e6e5e · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#6e6263 · ΔE 17.1

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 11.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e6f56;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e6f56]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#6e6f56 (#6e6f56) is rgb(110, 111, 86) in RGB.

No, #6e6f56 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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