#6E6E17#6E6E17

#6E6E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.104 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6E17
RGB	rgb(110, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, -10.90, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 46.21, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% -0.0349 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.104 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1614, 14.5291, 2.9742)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6E17 #17176E

analogous

#6E4217 #6E6E17 #426E17

triadic

#6E6E17 #176E6E #6E176E

tetradic

#6E6E17 #176E42 #17176E #6E1742

square

#6E6E17 #176E42 #17176E #6E1742

split-complementary

#6E6E17 #17426E #42176E

monochromatic

#191905 #3B3B0C #6E6E17 #A1A122 #D3D32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#6E6E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#6E6E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6E17

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6E17	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.104 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b975c',
    500: '#6e6e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6e17;
$custom-light: #9b975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52197,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6E17

secondary

#3D3DA4

accent

#3FE83F

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6E17

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

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