#6B8D16#6B8D16

#6B8D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.143 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B8D16
RGB	rgb(107, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(77, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(77, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -28.37, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 60.53, 117.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0827 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.143 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7332, 22.2333, 4.2215)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B8D16 #38168D

analogous

#8D7416 #6B8D16 #308D16

triadic

#6B8D16 #166B8D #8D166B

tetradic

#6B8D16 #168D74 #38168D #8D1630

square

#6B8D16 #168D74 #38168D #8D1630

split-complementary

#6B8D16 #16308D #74168D

monochromatic

#1B2305 #43580E #6B8D16 #93C21E #B2E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#6B8D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#6B8D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B8D16

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B8D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B8D16	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b8d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.143 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99ae60',
    500: '#6b8d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b8d16;
$custom-light: #99ae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b8d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59622,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B8D16

secondary

#633EC1

accent

#38F06D

background

#F9FAF6

surface

#F2F4EB

border

#CCCEC6

text

#0E1005

muted

#7E7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B8D16

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

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