#6A6D17#6A6D17

#6A6D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.104 H 111.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A6D17
RGB	rgb(106, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(62, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, -12.23, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 45.84, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.58% -0.0383 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(51.58% 0.104 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5675, 14.0636, 2.9156)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A6D17 #1A176D

analogous

#6D4517 #6A6D17 #3F6D17

triadic

#6A6D17 #176A6D #6D176A

tetradic

#6A6D17 #176D45 #1A176D #6D173F

square

#6A6D17 #176D45 #1A176D #6D173F

split-complementary

#6A6D17 #173F6D #45176D

monochromatic

#191905 #393A0C #6A6D17 #9BA022 #CCD22C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#6A6D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#6A6D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A6D17

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A6D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A6D17	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a6d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.104 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98965c',
    500: '#6a6d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a6d17;
$custom-light: #98965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a6d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.093,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51584,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A6D17

secondary

#403DA3

accent

#40E846

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A6D17

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

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