#6B6217#6B6217

#6B6217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.093 H 102.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6217
RGB	rgb(107, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.09, -5.53, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.09, 41.55, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% -0.0196 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.093 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5862, 11.9235, 2.5543)
Luminance	0.1192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6217 #17206B

analogous

#6B3817 #6B6217 #4A6B17

triadic

#6B6217 #176B62 #62176B

tetradic

#6B6217 #176B38 #17206B #6B174A

square

#6B6217 #176B38 #17206B #6B174A

split-complementary

#6B6217 #174A6B #38176B

monochromatic

#191705 #39340C #6B6217 #9D9022 #D0BE2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#6B6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#6B6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6217

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6217	1.00	6.20	3.38	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.093 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#988e5a',
    500: '#6b6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6217;
$custom-light: #988e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49031,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6217

secondary

#3D47A1

accent

#52E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6217

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

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