#6B6517#6B6517

#6B6517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6517
RGB	rgb(107, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -7.26, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 42.65, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% -0.0245 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8722, 12.4955, 2.6496)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6517 #171D6B

analogous

#6B3B17 #6B6517 #476B17

triadic

#6B6517 #176B65 #65176B

tetradic

#6B6517 #176B3B #171D6B #6B1747

square

#6B6517 #176B3B #171D6B #6B1747

split-complementary

#6B6517 #17476B #3B176B

monochromatic

#191805 #39350C #6B6517 #9D9522 #D0C42D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#6B6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#6B6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6517

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6517	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#745E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98905b',
    500: '#6b6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6517;
$custom-light: #98905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49746,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6517

secondary

#3D44A1

accent

#4CE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6517

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

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