#6B6017#6B6017

#6B6017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.091 H 100.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6017
RGB	rgb(107, 96, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, -4.37, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 40.86, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% -0.0163 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.091 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4014, 11.5539, 2.4927)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6017 #17226B

analogous

#6B3617 #6B6017 #4C6B17

triadic

#6B6017 #176B60 #60176B

tetradic

#6B6017 #176B36 #17226B #6B174C

square

#6B6017 #176B36 #17226B #6B174C

split-complementary

#6B6017 #174C6B #36176B

monochromatic

#191705 #39330C #6B6017 #9D8D22 #D0BA2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#6B6017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#6B6017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6017

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6017	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 96, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.091 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988c5a',
    500: '#6b6017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6017;
$custom-light: #988c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.143,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48557,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6017

secondary

#3D4AA1

accent

#56E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6017

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

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