#6E5D17#6E5D17

#6E5D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.089 H 94.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5D17
RGB	rgb(110, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.93, -1.15, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.93, 40.20, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% -0.0074 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.089 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5000, 11.2062, 2.4204)
Luminance	0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5D17 #17286E

analogous

#6E3117 #6E5D17 #536E17

triadic

#6E5D17 #176E5D #5D176E

tetradic

#6E5D17 #176E31 #17286E #6E1753

square

#6E5D17 #176E31 #17286E #6E1753

split-complementary

#6E5D17 #17536E #31176E

monochromatic

#191505 #3B320C #6E5D17 #A18822 #D3B22C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#6E5D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#6E5D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5D17

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5D17	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77554F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.089 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8a5a',
    500: '#6e5d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5d17;
$custom-light: #9b8a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.276,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48177,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5D17

secondary

#3D51A4

accent

#60E83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0F0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5D17

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

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