#6C6217#6C6217

#6C6217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.093 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6217
RGB	rgb(108, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, -5.04, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 41.62, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% -0.0183 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.093 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7072, 11.9859, 2.5600)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6217 #17216C

analogous

#6C3717 #6C6217 #4B6C17

triadic

#6C6217 #176C62 #62176C

tetradic

#6C6217 #176C37 #17216C #6C174B

square

#6C6217 #176C37 #17216C #6C174B

split-complementary

#6C6217 #174B6C #37176C

monochromatic

#191705 #3A340C #6C6217 #9E9022 #D1BE2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#6C6217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#6C6217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6217

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6217	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.093 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#998e5a',
    500: '#6c6217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6217;
$custom-light: #998e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49133,
    "c": 0.0926,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6217

secondary

#3D49A2

accent

#54E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6217

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

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