#6D6517#6D6517

#6D6517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.095 H 103.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D6517
RGB	rgb(109, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, -6.29, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 42.75, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% -0.0219 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.095 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1155, 12.6209, 2.6610)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D6517 #171F6D

analogous

#6D3A17 #6D6517 #4A6D17

triadic

#6D6517 #176D65 #65176D

tetradic

#6D6517 #176D3A #171F6D #6D174A

square

#6D6517 #176D3A #171F6D #6D174A

split-complementary

#6D6517 #174A6D #3A176D

monochromatic

#191705 #3A360C #6D6517 #A09422 #D2C32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#6D6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#6D6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D6517

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D6517	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#765D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.095 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a905b',
    500: '#6d6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d6517;
$custom-light: #9a905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49946,
    "c": 0.09533,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D6517

secondary

#3D46A3

accent

#4FE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D6517

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

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