#6E6017#6E6017

#6E6017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.091 H 97.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6017
RGB	rgb(110, 96, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, -2.91, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 41.12, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% -0.0124 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.091 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7685, 11.7432, 2.5099)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6017 #17256E

analogous

#6E3417 #6E6017 #506E17

triadic

#6E6017 #176E60 #60176E

tetradic

#6E6017 #176E34 #17256E #6E1750

square

#6E6017 #176E34 #17256E #6E1750

split-complementary

#6E6017 #17506E #34176E

monochromatic

#191605 #3B340C #6E6017 #A18C22 #D3B82C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#6E6017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#6E6017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6017

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6017	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 96, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.091 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8c5a',
    500: '#6e6017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6017;
$custom-light: #9b8c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.345,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48873,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6017

secondary

#3D4DA4

accent

#5BE83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6017

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

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