#6E7717#6E7717

#6E7717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.114 H 115.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E7717
RGB	rgb(110, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 80.7%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, -15.82, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 49.97, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% -0.0485 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.114 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1823, 16.5707, 3.3145)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E7717 #201777

analogous

#775017 #6E7717 #3E7717

triadic

#6E7717 #176E77 #77176E

tetradic

#6E7717 #177750 #201777 #77173E

square

#6E7717 #177750 #201777 #77173E

split-complementary

#6E7717 #173E77 #501777

monochromatic

#181A05 #3F440D #6E7717 #9DAA21 #C8D731

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#6E7717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#6E7717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E7717

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E7717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E7717	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e7717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.114 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b9e5d',
    500: '#6e7717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e7717;
$custom-light: #9b9e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e7717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 67.606,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54385,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E7717

secondary

#483EAC

accent

#3DEA4E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0E05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E7717

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

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