#6E6517#6E6517

#6E6517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.095 H 102.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6517
RGB	rgb(110, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, -5.81, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 42.80, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% -0.0206 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.095 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2393, 12.6847, 2.6668)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6517 #17206E

analogous

#6E3917 #6E6517 #4B6E17

triadic

#6E6517 #176E65 #65176E

tetradic

#6E6517 #176E39 #17206E #6E174B

square

#6E6517 #176E39 #17206E #6E174B

split-complementary

#6E6517 #174B6E #39176E

monochromatic

#191705 #3B370C #6E6517 #A19322 #D3C22C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#6E6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#6E6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6517

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6517	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.095 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b905b',
    500: '#6e6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6517;
$custom-light: #9b905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50047,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6517

secondary

#3D48A4

accent

#51E83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6517

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

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