#6B5E17#6B5E17

#6B5E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.089 H 98.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5E17
RGB	rgb(107, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, -3.20, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 40.19, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% -0.013 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.089 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2213, 11.1936, 2.4326)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5E17 #17246B

analogous

#6B3417 #6B5E17 #4E6B17

triadic

#6B5E17 #176B5E #5E176B

tetradic

#6B5E17 #176B34 #17246B #6B174E

square

#6B5E17 #176B34 #17246B #6B174E

split-complementary

#6B5E17 #174E6B #34176B

monochromatic

#191605 #39320C #6B5E17 #9D8A22 #D0B72D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#6B5E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#6B5E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5E17

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5E17	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.089 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988b5a',
    500: '#6b5e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5e17;
$custom-light: #988b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.714,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48087,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5E17

secondary

#3D4CA1

accent

#5AE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5E17

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

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