#6E8517#6E8517

#6E8517 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.131 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8517
RGB	rgb(110, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(73, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -23.10, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 56.23, 114.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.0685 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.131 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9729, 20.1519, 3.9114)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8517 #2E1785

analogous

#856517 #6E8517 #378517

triadic

#6E8517 #176E85 #85176E

tetradic

#6E8517 #178565 #2E1785 #851737

square

#6E8517 #178565 #2E1785 #851737

split-complementary

#6E8517 #173785 #651785

monochromatic

#181D05 #43510E #6E8517 #99B920 #BBDD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#6E8517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#6E8517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8517

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8517	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.131 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ba85f',
    500: '#6e8517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8517;
$custom-light: #9ba85f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.545,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57843,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8517

secondary

#583FB9

accent

#3BED60

background

#F9FAF5

surface

#F2F4EA

border

#CCCEC6

text

#0E0F05

muted

#7E7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8517

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

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