#6B6717#6B6717

#6B6717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.098 H 106.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B6717
RGB	rgb(107, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, -8.40, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 43.41, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% -0.0277 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.098 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0688, 12.8886, 2.7151)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B6717 #171B6B

analogous

#6B3D17 #6B6717 #456B17

triadic

#6B6717 #176B67 #67176B

tetradic

#6B6717 #176B3D #171B6B #6B1745

square

#6B6717 #176B3D #171B6B #6B1745

split-complementary

#6B6717 #17456B #3D176B

monochromatic

#191805 #39370C #6B6717 #9D9722 #D0C82D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#6B6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#6B6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B6717

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B6717	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.098 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98925b',
    500: '#6b6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b6717;
$custom-light: #98925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50225,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B6717

secondary

#3D42A1

accent

#48E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B6717

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

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