#6C6517#6C6517

#6C6517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.095 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6517
RGB	rgb(108, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, -6.77, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 42.70, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0232 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.095 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9932, 12.5578, 2.6553)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6517 #171E6C

analogous

#6C3A17 #6C6517 #486C17

triadic

#6C6517 #176C65 #65176C

tetradic

#6C6517 #176C3A #171E6C #6C1748

square

#6C6517 #176C3A #171E6C #6C1748

split-complementary

#6C6517 #17486C #3A176C

monochromatic

#191805 #3A360C #6C6517 #9E9422 #D1C32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#6C6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#6C6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6517

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6517	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.095 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99905b',
    500: '#6c6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6517;
$custom-light: #99905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49845,
    "c": 0.09542,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6517

secondary

#3D45A2

accent

#4EE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6517

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

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