#6B7917#6B7917

#6B7917 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.118 H 117.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B7917
RGB	rgb(107, 121, 23)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 81%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, -18.25, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 51.03, 110.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% -0.055 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.118 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0558, 16.8625, 3.3775)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B7917 #251779

analogous

#795617 #6B7917 #3A7917

triadic

#6B7917 #176B79 #79176B

tetradic

#6B7917 #177956 #251779 #79173A

square

#6B7917 #177956 #251779 #79173A

split-complementary

#6B7917 #173A79 #561779

monochromatic

#171A05 #3E460D #6B7917 #98AC21 #C0D832

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#6B7917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#6B7917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B7917

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B7917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B7917	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b7917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 121, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.118 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#989f5e',
    500: '#6b7917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b7917;
$custom-light: #989f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b7917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54624,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B7917

secondary

#4E3EAE

accent

#3DEB56

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B7917

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

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