#6E6417#6E6417

#6E6417 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.094 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6417
RGB	rgb(110, 100, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -5.23, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 42.45, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% -0.019 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.094 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1428, 12.4917, 2.6347)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6417 #17216E

analogous

#6E3817 #6E6417 #4C6E17

triadic

#6E6417 #176E64 #64176E

tetradic

#6E6417 #176E38 #17216E #6E174C

square

#6E6417 #176E38 #17216E #6E174C

split-complementary

#6E6417 #174C6E #38176E

monochromatic

#191705 #3B360C #6E6417 #A19222 #D3C02C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#6E6417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#6E6417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6417

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6417	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6108

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 100, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.094 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b8f5b',
    500: '#6e6417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6417;
$custom-light: #9b8f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49811,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6417

secondary

#3D49A4

accent

#53E83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6417

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

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