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#6B671A — Deep Yellow

#6B671A is a yellow color we call Deep Yellow, closest to the named color DarkOliveGreen (#556B2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkolivegreen (#556B2F) — not an exact match. CSS darkolivegreen gives you #556B2F, a different color; use #6B671A when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#6B671A is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #1A1E6B; it also sits naturally between #6B3E1A and #466B1A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#6B671A · RGB 107, 103, 26

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Color values

HEX#6B671A
RGB107, 103, 26
HSL57°, 61%, 26%
HSV57°, 76%, 42%
CMYK0%, 4%, 76%, 58%
XYZ11.10, 12.90, 2.88
Yxy12.90, 0.4129, 0.4799
CIE-Lab42.61, -8.25, 41.45
Hunter Lab35.92, -5.87, 19.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 42% · Green 40% · Blue 10%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 76% · Key 58%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #6B671A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #6B671A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #6B671A

.text { color: #6B671A; }
.background { background-color: #6B671A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #6B671A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(107, 103, 26); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 61%, 26%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #6B671A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(107, 103, 26, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #6B671A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(107, 103, 26, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#6B671A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#6B671A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #6B671A

#635F18#5A5716#4E4B13#464311#3E3B0F#35330D#2D2B0B#212008#191806#101004

Tints of #6B671A

#878221#A49E28#C1BA2F#D1CA42#D8D25F#DFDA7C#E6E298#EDEAB5#F4F2D2#FBFAEF

Tones of #6B671A

#656120#5F5D25#5A572B#545231#4E4C37#48483C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1A1E6B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.87:1 AA
Against black text3.58:1 AA large only

Best text color on #6B671A: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #6B671A

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #6B671A: ·

How #6B671A looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #69692DDeuteranopia · #6A6A31Tritanopia · #6B3B3F

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Brown 500 · #795548Tailwind stone 600 · #57534ETailwind lime 600 · #65A30D

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #6B671A rather than the exact color:

Crystal Ruby Dusk
#7A2268 · #8C243D · #C66A3D · #6E651D
Radiant Ruby Cinder
#E2D365 · #C5B225 · #9D8C16 · #6E6416
Scarlet Monsoon
#746419 · #ACD532 · #60C62F · #21792A
Serene Ruby Lagoon
#C51820 · #963F17 · #936913 · #686A11
Gentle Drift
#6D271A · #6F721C · #1B3D19 · #2D6F62
Crimson Ruby Aurora
#371832 · #6A3A38 · #766C1A · #254E18

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#6E651D#6E6416#746419#686A11#6F721C#766C1A#606416#706224#716B24#6F6B25#6A7213#76601C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #6B6719  ·  #6B671B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #6B671A?

#6B671A is Deep Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 107, 103, 26). Its closest standard named color is DarkOliveGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #6B671A?

#6B671A is RGB 107, 103, 26 — HSL 57°, 61%, 26% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 76%, 58%.

What colors go with #6B671A?

Its complement is #1A1E6B; analogous partners are #6B3E1A and #466B1A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #6B671A for text?

White text on #6B671A has a contrast ratio of 5.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.58:1.