#6B8E17#6B8E17

#6B8E17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.144 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B8E17
RGB	rgb(107, 142, 23)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(78, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.59, -28.81, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.59, 60.74, 118.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0839 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.144 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8912, 22.5334, 4.3226)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B8E17 #3A178E

analogous

#8E7517 #6B8E17 #308E17

triadic

#6B8E17 #176B8E #8E176B

tetradic

#6B8E17 #178E75 #3A178E #8E1730

square

#6B8E17 #178E75 #3A178E #8E1730

split-complementary

#6B8E17 #17308E #75178E

monochromatic

#1C2506 #43590E #6B8E17 #93C320 #B1E03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#6B8E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#6B8E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B8E17

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B8E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B8E17	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b8e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 142, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.144 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99af61',
    500: '#6b8e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b8e17;
$custom-light: #99af61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b8e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.647,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59878,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B8E17

secondary

#6640C0

accent

#39EF6E

background

#F9FAF6

surface

#F2F4EB

border

#CCCEC6

text

#0E1005

muted

#7E7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B8E17

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

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