#6E6617#6E6617

#6E6617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.096 H 103.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6617
RGB	rgb(110, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.58, -6.38, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.58, 43.16, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% -0.0222 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.096 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3369, 12.8801, 2.6994)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6617 #171F6E

analogous

#6E3A17 #6E6617 #4A6E17

triadic

#6E6617 #176E66 #66176E

tetradic

#6E6617 #176E3A #171F6E #6E174A

square

#6E6617 #176E3A #171F6E #6E174A

split-complementary

#6E6617 #174A6E #3A176E

monochromatic

#191705 #3B370C #6E6617 #A19522 #D3C42C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#6E6617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#6E6617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6617

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6617	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.096 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b915b',
    500: '#6e6617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6617;
$custom-light: #9b915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50284,
    "c": 0.0962,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6617

secondary

#3D46A4

accent

#4FE83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6617

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

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