#6B7516#6B7516

#6B7516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.114 H 115.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B7516
RGB	rgb(107, 117, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 81.2%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, -16.17, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 49.57, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% -0.0494 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.114 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5699, 15.9065, 3.1670)
Luminance	0.1591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B7516 #201675

analogous

#755016 #6B7516 #3B7516

triadic

#6B7516 #166B75 #75166B

tetradic

#6B7516 #167550 #201675 #75163B

square

#6B7516 #167550 #201675 #75163B

split-complementary

#6B7516 #163B75 #501675

monochromatic

#181A05 #3C410C #6B7516 #9AA920 #C6D82E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#6B7516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#6B7516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B7516

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B7516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B7516	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b7516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 117, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.114 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#989c5d',
    500: '#6b7516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b7516;
$custom-light: #989c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b7516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5363,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B7516

secondary

#483CAB

accent

#3DEB4F

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B7516

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

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