#6E7516#6E7516

#6E7516 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.113 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E7516
RGB	rgb(110, 117, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 81.2%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, -14.78, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 49.44, 107.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% -0.0457 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.113 114)
XYZ	xyz(12.9369, 16.0958, 3.1842)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E7516 #1D1675

analogous

#754D16 #6E7516 #3F7516

triadic

#6E7516 #166E75 #75166E

tetradic

#6E7516 #16754D #1D1675 #75163F

square

#6E7516 #16754D #1D1675 #75163F

split-complementary

#6E7516 #163F75 #4D1675

monochromatic

#181A05 #3E410C #6E7516 #9EA920 #CBD82E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#6E7516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#6E7516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E7516

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E7516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E7516	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#766E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e7516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 117, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.113 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9c5d',
    500: '#6e7516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e7516;
$custom-light: #9b9c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e7516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.421,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5389,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.16096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E7516

secondary

#443CAB

accent

#3DEB49

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E7516

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

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