#6D6017#6D6017

#6D6017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.091 H 98.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D6017
RGB	rgb(109, 96, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, -3.39, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 41.03, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% -0.0137 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.091 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6447, 11.6793, 2.5041)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D6017 #17246D

analogous

#6D3517 #6D6017 #4F6D17

triadic

#6D6017 #176D60 #60176D

tetradic

#6D6017 #176D35 #17246D #6D174F

square

#6D6017 #176D35 #17246D #6D174F

split-complementary

#6D6017 #174F6D #35176D

monochromatic

#191605 #3A330C #6D6017 #A08D22 #D2B92C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#6D6017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#6D6017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D6017

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D6017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D6017	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#765852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d6017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 96, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.091 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a8c5a',
    500: '#6d6017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d6017;
$custom-light: #9a8c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d6017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48767,
    "c": 0.09086,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D6017

secondary

#3D4CA3

accent

#59E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D6017

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

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