#6E7217#6E7217

#6E7217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.109 H 112.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E7217
RGB	rgb(110, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 79.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.19, -13.11, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.19, 47.85, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% -0.041 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.109 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6028, 15.4118, 3.1213)
Luminance	0.1541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E7217 #1B1772

analogous

#724917 #6E7217 #417217

triadic

#6E7217 #176E72 #72176E

tetradic

#6E7217 #177249 #1B1772 #721741

square

#6E7217 #177249 #1B1772 #721741

split-complementary

#6E7217 #174172 #491772

monochromatic

#191905 #3D3F0D #6E7217 #9FA521 #CED52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#6E7217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#6E7217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E7217

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E7217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E7217	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e7217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.109 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9a5d',
    500: '#6e7217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e7217;
$custom-light: #9b9a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e7217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.637,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53166,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E7217

secondary

#423DA8

accent

#3EE946

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E7217

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

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