#6E6717#6E6717

#6E6717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.097 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6717
RGB	rgb(110, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, -6.96, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 43.52, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% -0.0238 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.097 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4358, 13.0778, 2.7323)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6717 #171E6E

analogous

#6E3B17 #6E6717 #496E17

triadic

#6E6717 #176E67 #67176E

tetradic

#6E6717 #176E3B #171E6E #6E1749

square

#6E6717 #176E3B #171E6E #6E1749

split-complementary

#6E6717 #17496E #3B176E

monochromatic

#191805 #3B380C #6E6717 #A19622 #D3C62C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#6E6717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#6E6717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6717

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6717	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.097 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b925b',
    500: '#6e6717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6717;
$custom-light: #9b925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50521,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6717

secondary

#3D45A4

accent

#4DE83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6717

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

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