#6C5D17#6C5D17

#6C5D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.088 H 96.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C5D17
RGB	rgb(108, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, -2.12, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 39.97, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% -0.01 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.088 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2539, 11.0793, 2.4089)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C5D17 #17266C

analogous

#6C3217 #6C5D17 #506C17

triadic

#6C5D17 #176C5D #5D176C

tetradic

#6C5D17 #176C32 #17266C #6C1750

square

#6C5D17 #176C32 #17266C #6C1750

split-complementary

#6C5D17 #17506C #32176C

monochromatic

#191605 #3A320C #6C5D17 #9E8822 #D1B42C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#6C5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#6C5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C5D17

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C5D17	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75554F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.088 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998a5a',
    500: '#6c5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c5d17;
$custom-light: #998a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4796,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C5D17

secondary

#3D4FA2

accent

#5EE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C5D17

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

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