#6A7517#6A7517

#6A7517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.114 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A7517
RGB	rgb(106, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 80.3%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.78, -16.59, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.78, 49.30, 109.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% -0.0504 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.114 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4601, 15.8488, 3.2132)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A7517 #221775

analogous

#755117 #6A7517 #3B7517

triadic

#6A7517 #176A75 #75176A

tetradic

#6A7517 #177551 #221775 #75173B

square

#6A7517 #177551 #221775 #75173B

split-complementary

#6A7517 #173B75 #511775

monochromatic

#171A05 #3C420D #6A7517 #98A821 #C3D630

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#6A7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#6A7517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A7517

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A7517	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#716E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.114 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#989c5d',
    500: '#6a7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a7517;
$custom-light: #989c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.021,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5355,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A7517

secondary

#4A3DAA

accent

#3EEA52

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A7517

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

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