#6A6217#6A6217

#6A6217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.093 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6217
RGB	rgb(106, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, -6.01, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 41.49, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% -0.0209 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.093 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4667, 11.8618, 2.5487)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6217 #171F6A

analogous

#6A3817 #6A6217 #486A17

triadic

#6A6217 #176A62 #62176A

tetradic

#6A6217 #176A38 #171F6A #6A1748

square

#6A6217 #176A38 #171F6A #6A1748

split-complementary

#6A6217 #17486A #38176A

monochromatic

#191705 #38340C #6A6217 #9C9022 #CFBF2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#6A6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#6A6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6217

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6217	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.093 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988e5a',
    500: '#6a6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6217;
$custom-light: #988e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.217,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48929,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6217

secondary

#3D46A0

accent

#51E740

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6217

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

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