#6E7316#6E7316

#6E7316 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.110 H 112.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E7316
RGB	rgb(110, 115, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 80.9%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, -13.70, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 48.60, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% -0.0427 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.11 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.7064, 15.6347, 3.1074)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E7316 #1B1673

analogous

#734A16 #6E7316 #407316

triadic

#6E7316 #166E73 #73166E

tetradic

#6E7316 #16734A #1B1673 #731640

square

#6E7316 #16734A #1B1673 #731640

split-complementary

#6E7316 #164073 #4A1673

monochromatic

#191A05 #3D400C #6E7316 #9FA620 #CED72D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#6E7316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#6E7316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E7316

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E7316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E7316	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e7316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 115, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.110 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9b5c',
    500: '#6e7316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e7316;
$custom-light: #9b9b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e7316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.226,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53403,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E7316

secondary

#423CA9

accent

#3DEB46

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E7316

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

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