#6C6017#6C6017

#6C6017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.091 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6017
RGB	rgb(108, 96, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.60, -3.88, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.60, 40.94, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% -0.015 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.091 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5224, 11.6163, 2.4984)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6017 #17236C

analogous

#6C3517 #6C6017 #4D6C17

triadic

#6C6017 #176C60 #60176C

tetradic

#6C6017 #176C35 #17236C #6C174D

square

#6C6017 #176C35 #17236C #6C174D

split-complementary

#6C6017 #174D6C #35176C

monochromatic

#191605 #3A330C #6C6017 #9E8D22 #D1BA2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#6C6017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#6C6017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6017

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6017	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 96, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.091 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998c5a',
    500: '#6c6017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6017;
$custom-light: #998c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48662,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6017

secondary

#3D4BA2

accent

#58E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6017

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

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