#6e5600

Color #6e5600

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 23.41 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-800 #894b00 · ΔE 13.1

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#6e5600

RGB

rgb(110, 86, 0)

HSL

hsl(46.9, 100%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(46.9, 100%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 100%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(37.79, 2.27, 45.77)

LCH

lch(37.79, 45.83, 87.16)

OKLCH

oklch(46.5%, 0.0949, 89.88)

HWB

hwb(46.9, 0%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00186e

Analogous

#6e1f00

#6e5600

#4f6e00

Triadic

#6e5600

#006e56

#56006e

Split-complementary

#6e5600

#004f6e

#1f006e

Tetradic

#6e5600

#186e00

#00186e

#56006e

Square

#6e5600

#006e1f

#00186e

#6e004f

Shades

Color #6e5600 mixed toward black.

#5c4800

#493900

#372b00

#251d00

#120e00

Tints

Color #6e5600 mixed toward white.

#b18a00

#f3be00

#ffd337

#ffe27a

#fff0bc

Tones

Color #6e5600 mixed toward gray.

#655109

#5c4c12

#53471c

#494125

#403c2e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.99:1

White text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646429 · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#66682f · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#6d393b · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 22.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5600;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5600]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Floral White #fffaf0

Khaki #f0e68c

Frequently asked questions

#6e5600 (#6e5600) is rgb(110, 86, 0) in RGB.

No, #6e5600 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #6e5600, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast