#6C6717#6C6717

#6C6717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.097 H 105.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C6717
RGB	rgb(108, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, -7.92, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 43.44, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% -0.0264 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.097 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1897, 12.9509, 2.7208)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C6717 #171C6C

analogous

#6C3C17 #6C6717 #466C17

triadic

#6C6717 #176C67 #67176C

tetradic

#6C6717 #176C3C #171C6C #6C1746

square

#6C6717 #176C3C #171C6C #6C1746

split-complementary

#6C6717 #17466C #3C176C

monochromatic

#191805 #3A370C #6C6717 #9E9722 #D1C72C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#6C6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#6C6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C6717

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C6717	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.097 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99925b',
    500: '#6c6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c6717;
$custom-light: #99925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50323,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C6717

secondary

#3D43A2

accent

#4AE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C6717

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

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