#616B21#616B21

#616B21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.098 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#616B21
RGB	rgb(97, 107, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 69.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, -14.74, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 41.31, 110.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% -0.0437 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.098 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4622, 13.1667, 3.4288)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#616B21 #2B216B

analogous

#6B5021 #616B21 #3C6B21

triadic

#616B21 #21616B #6B2161

tetradic

#616B21 #216B50 #2B216B #6B213C

square

#616B21 #216B50 #2B216B #6B213C

split-complementary

#616B21 #213C6B #50216B

monochromatic

#151707 #373C13 #616B21 #8B9A2F #B3C542

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#616B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#616B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #616B21

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##616B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##616B21	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67655C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #616b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 107, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.098 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909561',
    500: '#616b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #616b21;
$custom-light: #909561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#616b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50367,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#616B21

secondary

#55499F

accent

#4CDC5F

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F1F1EA

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0D0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #616B21

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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