#6A6717#6A6717

#6A6717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.098 H 107.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6717
RGB	rgb(106, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 78.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -8.87, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 43.39, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.029 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.098 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9492, 12.8269, 2.7095)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6717 #171A6A

analogous

#6A3D17 #6A6717 #446A17

triadic

#6A6717 #176A67 #67176A

tetradic

#6A6717 #176A3D #171A6A #6A1744

square

#6A6717 #176A3D #171A6A #6A1744

split-complementary

#6A6717 #17446A #3D176A

monochromatic

#191805 #38360C #6A6717 #9C9822 #CFC92D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#6A6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#6A6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6717

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6717	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.098 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98925b',
    500: '#6a6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6717;
$custom-light: #98925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.831,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50128,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6717

secondary

#3D40A0

accent

#46E740

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6717

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

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