#6E6F17#6E6F17

#6E6F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.105 H 110.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E6F17
RGB	rgb(110, 111, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 79.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.28, -11.46, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.28, 46.62, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% -0.0364 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.105 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2699, 14.7461, 3.0104)
Luminance	0.1475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E6F17 #18176F

analogous

#6F4417 #6E6F17 #426F17

triadic

#6E6F17 #176E6F #6F176E

tetradic

#6E6F17 #176F44 #18176F #6F1742

square

#6E6F17 #176F44 #18176F #6F1742

split-complementary

#6E6F17 #17426F #44176F

monochromatic

#191905 #3C3C0C #6E6F17 #A0A222 #D2D32D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#6E6F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#6E6F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E6F17

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E6F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E6F17	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76675F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e6f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 111, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.105 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b985c',
    500: '#6e6f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e6f17;
$custom-light: #9b985c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e6f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.682,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52439,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E6F17

secondary

#3E3DA5

accent

#3FE941

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E6F17

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

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