#6C6617#6C6617

#6C6617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6617
RGB	rgb(108, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, -7.35, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 43.07, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% -0.0248 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0908, 12.7532, 2.6878)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6617 #171D6C

analogous

#6C3B17 #6C6617 #476C17

triadic

#6C6617 #176C66 #66176C

tetradic

#6C6617 #176C3B #171D6C #6C1747

square

#6C6617 #176C3B #171D6C #6C1747

split-complementary

#6C6617 #17476C #3B176C

monochromatic

#191805 #3A360C #6C6617 #9E9622 #D1C52C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#6C6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#6C6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6617

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6617	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#755F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99915b',
    500: '#6c6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6617;
$custom-light: #99915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50084,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6617

secondary

#3D44A2

accent

#4CE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6617

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

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