#6A7417#6A7417

#6A7417 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.112 H 115.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A7417
RGB	rgb(106, 116, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 80.2%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.47, -16.05, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.47, 48.86, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.3% -0.0489 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(53.3% 0.112 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3442, 15.6170, 3.1745)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A7417 #211774

analogous

#745017 #6A7417 #3B7417

triadic

#6A7417 #176A74 #74176A

tetradic

#6A7417 #177450 #211774 #74173B

square

#6A7417 #177450 #211774 #74173B

split-complementary

#6A7417 #173B74 #501774

monochromatic

#171A05 #3B410D #6A7417 #99A721 #C4D630

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#6A7417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#6A7417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A7417

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A7417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A7417	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#716D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a7417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 116, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.112 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#989b5d',
    500: '#6a7417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a7417;
$custom-light: #989b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a7417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.452,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53303,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A7417

secondary

#493DA9

accent

#3EEA50

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A7417

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

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