#6B5F17#6B5F17

#6B5F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.090 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B5F17
RGB	rgb(107, 95, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, -3.78, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 40.52, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% -0.0147 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.09 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3108, 11.3726, 2.4625)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B5F17 #17236B

analogous

#6B3517 #6B5F17 #4D6B17

triadic

#6B5F17 #176B5F #5F176B

tetradic

#6B5F17 #176B35 #17236B #6B174D

square

#6B5F17 #176B35 #17236B #6B174D

split-complementary

#6B5F17 #174D6B #35176B

monochromatic

#191605 #39320C #6B5F17 #9D8C22 #D0B82D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#6B5F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#6B5F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B5F17

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B5F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B5F17	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b5f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 95, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.090 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988c5a',
    500: '#6b5f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b5f17;
$custom-light: #988c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b5f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48322,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B5F17

secondary

#3D4BA1

accent

#58E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B5F17

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

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