#6E8916#6E8916

#6E8916 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.137 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8916
RGB	rgb(110, 137, 22)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(74, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -25.14, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 58.33, 115.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0741 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.137 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5211, 21.2642, 4.0456)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8916 #311689

analogous

#896A16 #6E8916 #348916

triadic

#6E8916 #166E89 #89166E

tetradic

#6E8916 #16896A #311689 #891634

square

#6E8916 #16896A #311689 #891634

split-complementary

#6E8916 #163489 #6A1689

monochromatic

#192005 #44540E #6E8916 #98BE1E #B9DF3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#6E8916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#6E8916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8916

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8916	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 137, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.137 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bab60',
    500: '#6e8916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8916;
$custom-light: #9bab60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.087,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58835,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8916

secondary

#5C3EBD

accent

#39EF64

background

#F9FAF5

surface

#F2F4EA

border

#CCCEC6

text

#0F1005

muted

#7E7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8916

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

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