#6E701B#6E701B

#6E701B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.104 H 110.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E701B
RGB	rgb(110, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 75.9%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.61, -11.82, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.61, 45.59, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% -0.037 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.104 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4228, 14.9828, 3.2743)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E701B #1D1B70

analogous

#70481B #6E701B #43701B

triadic

#6E701B #1B6E70 #701B6E

tetradic

#6E701B #1B7048 #1D1B70 #701B43

square

#6E701B #1B7048 #1D1B70 #701B43

split-complementary

#6E701B #1B4370 #481B70

monochromatic

#181906 #3E3F0F #6E701B #9EA127 #CBCF37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#6E701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#6E701B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E701B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E701B	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.104 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a985e',
    500: '#6e701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e701b;
$custom-light: #9a985e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.412,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52707,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E701B

secondary

#4442A5

accent

#44E447

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E701B

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

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