#6B5917#6B5917

#6B5917 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.085 H 93.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5917
RGB	rgb(107, 89, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.43, -0.24, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.43, 38.65, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(46.92% -0.0046 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(46.92% 0.085 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7910, 10.3330, 2.2892)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5917 #17296B

analogous

#6B2F17 #6B5917 #536B17

triadic

#6B5917 #176B59 #59176B

tetradic

#6B5917 #176B2F #17296B #6B1753

square

#6B5917 #176B2F #17296B #6B1753

split-complementary

#6B5917 #17536B #2F176B

monochromatic

#191505 #392F0C #6B5917 #9D8322 #D0AD2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#6B5917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#6B5917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5917

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5917	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63570C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74514C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 89, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.085 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998759',
    500: '#6b5917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5917;
$custom-light: #998759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46923,
    "c": 0.08529,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5917

secondary

#3D52A1

accent

#64E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5917

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

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