#6B6617#6B6617

#6B6617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.097 H 105.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6617
RGB	rgb(107, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, -7.83, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 43.03, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% -0.0261 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.097 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9699, 12.6908, 2.6822)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6617 #171C6B

analogous

#6B3C17 #6B6617 #466B17

triadic

#6B6617 #176B66 #66176B

tetradic

#6B6617 #176B3C #171C6B #6B1746

square

#6B6617 #176B3C #171C6B #6B1746

split-complementary

#6B6617 #17466B #3C176B

monochromatic

#191805 #39360C #6B6617 #9D9622 #D0C62D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#6B6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#6B6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6617

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6617	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#735F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.097 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98915b',
    500: '#6b6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6617;
$custom-light: #98915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49985,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6617

secondary

#3D43A1

accent

#4AE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6617

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

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