#6D6708

sRGB: 109 / 103 / 8

#6D6708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 109 red, 103 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 56.4° lands in the yellow region. Its 86.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 22.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.84:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 109, 103, 8
HSL: 56.44°, 86.32%, 22.94%
HSV / HSB: 56.44°, 92.66%, 42.75%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.50%, 92.66%, 57.25%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 11.200, 12.969, 2.143
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 42.717, -7.957, 47.240
WCAG relative luminance: 0.12969
24-bit decimal: 7169800

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #6D6708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 3.59:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.84:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#080E6D sits half a turn (180°) from #6D6708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#6D6708 #080E6D

Analogous

#6D3508 and #406D08 sit 30° to either side of #6D6708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#6D3508 #6D6708 #406D08

Triadic

#6D6708, #086D67 and #67086D are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#6D6708 #086D67 #67086D

Split complementary

Start at #6D6708 and look across the wheel. #08406D and #35086D sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#6D6708 #08406D #35086D

Square

Starting with #6D6708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #086D34, #080E6D, then #6D0840. Across the square, #6D6708 pairs with #080E6D, and #086D34 with #6D0840.

#6D6708 #086D34 #080E6D #6D0840

Tetradic

#6D6708 and #080E6D are opposites, as are #0E6D08 and #67086D. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#6D6708 #0E6D08 #080E6D #67086D

Tints

Mixing #6D6708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8A8539, keeps 80% of the original. By #E2E1CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#6D6708 #8A8539 #A7A46B #C5C29C #E2E1CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #6D6708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #575206, keeps 80% of the original. By #161502, the mixture is 80% black.

#6D6708 #575206 #413E05 #2C2903 #161502 #000000

Tones

Mixing #6D6708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #716C20, keeps 80% of the original. By #7C7B68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#6D6708 #716C20 #757138 #787650 #7C7B68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#6D6708

RGB

rgb(109 103 8)

HSL

hsl(56.436 86.325% 22.941%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #6D6708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#6D6708 uses 109 red, 103 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 42.7%

Green 40.4%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #6D6708 is 0.0% cyan, 5.5% magenta, 92.7% yellow and 57.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.5%

Yellow 92.7%

Black 57.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #666600. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #660 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #6D6708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #666600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #666600 Nearest web-safe: #666600

Gradient to complement

#6D6708 #5C5819 #4B492A #3B3B3B #2A2C4B #191D5C #080E6D

Color vision previews

Compare how #6D6708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#716300

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#736613

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#765F57

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#706500

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#71660E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6F6536

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#656565

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#696649

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.15293 G 0.13563 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.42339 G 0.40473 B 0.12652

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.14986 G 0.13621 B 0.01464

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.426 y 0.493 Y 12.969

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 57.255 M % 59.608 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01101101 01100111 00001000