#6B7417#6B7417

#6B7417 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.112 H 115.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B7417
RGB	rgb(107, 116, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 80.2%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.55, -15.59, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.55, 48.81, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% -0.0477 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.112 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4638, 15.6787, 3.1802)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B7417 #201774

analogous

#744E17 #6B7417 #3D7417

triadic

#6B7417 #176B74 #74176B

tetradic

#6B7417 #17744E #201774 #74173D

square

#6B7417 #17744E #201774 #74173D

split-complementary

#6B7417 #173D74 #4E1774

monochromatic

#181A05 #3C410D #6B7417 #9AA721 #C6D630

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#6B7417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#6B7417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B7417

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B7417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B7417	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b7417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 116, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.112 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#989b5d',
    500: '#6b7417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b7417;
$custom-light: #989b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b7417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53389,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B7417

secondary

#483DA9

accent

#3EEA4F

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B7417

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

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