#6D6617#6D6617

#6D6617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.096 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D6617
RGB	rgb(109, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, -6.86, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 43.11, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.0235 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.096 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2132, 12.8163, 2.6936)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D6617 #171E6D

analogous

#6D3B17 #6D6617 #496D17

triadic

#6D6617 #176D66 #66176D

tetradic

#6D6617 #176D3B #171E6D #6D1749

square

#6D6617 #176D3B #171E6D #6D1749

split-complementary

#6D6617 #17496D #3B176D

monochromatic

#191805 #3A370C #6D6617 #A09522 #D2C52C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#6D6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#6D6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D6617

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D6617	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#765E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.096 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a915b',
    500: '#6d6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d6617;
$custom-light: #9a915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50183,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D6617

secondary

#3D45A3

accent

#4DE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D6617

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

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