#6D971B#6D971B

#6D971B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.152 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D971B
RGB	rgb(109, 151, 27)
HSL	hsl(80, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(80, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -32.08, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 63.69, 120.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0926 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.152 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5712, 25.4632, 5.0258)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6D971B #451B97

analogous

#97831B #6D971B #2F971B

triadic

#6D971B #1B6D97 #971B6D

tetradic

#6D971B #1B9783 #451B97 #971B2F

square

#6D971B #1B9783 #451B97 #971B2F

split-complementary

#6D971B #1B2F97 #831B97

monochromatic

#222F08 #486312 #6D971B #92CB24 #AEDF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#6D971B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#6D971B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6D971B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D971B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6D971B	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d971b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 151, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.152 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bb564',
    500: '#6d971b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d971b;
$custom-light: #9bb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d971b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.323,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D971B

secondary

#744CC1

accent

#3BEC77

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F2F6EB

border

#CCD0C6

text

#0F1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D971B

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

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