#6D7517#6D7517

#6D7517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.112 H 114.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D7517
RGB	rgb(109, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 80.3%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, -15.20, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 49.15, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% -0.0468 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.112 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8230, 16.0359, 3.2302)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D7517 #1F1775

analogous

#754E17 #6D7517 #3E7517

triadic

#6D7517 #176D75 #75176D

tetradic

#6D7517 #17754E #1F1775 #75173E

square

#6D7517 #17754E #1F1775 #75173E

split-complementary

#6D7517 #173E75 #4E1775

monochromatic

#181A05 #3D420D #6D7517 #9DA821 #C8D630

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#6D7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#6D7517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D7517

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D7517	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#756E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.112 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a9c5d',
    500: '#6d7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d7517;
$custom-light: #9a9c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53809,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D7517

secondary

#473DAA

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D7517

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

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