#6E8D16#6E8D16

#6E8D16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.141 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8D16
RGB	rgb(110, 141, 22)
HSL	hsl(76, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(76, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -27.11, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 60.17, 116.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0795 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.141 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1003, 22.4225, 4.2387)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8D16 #35168D

analogous

#8D7116 #6E8D16 #338D16

triadic

#6E8D16 #166E8D #8D166E

tetradic

#6E8D16 #168D71 #35168D #8D1633

square

#6E8D16 #168D71 #35168D #8D1633

split-complementary

#6E8D16 #16338D #71168D

monochromatic

#1B2305 #45580E #6E8D16 #97C21E #B6E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#6E8D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#6E8D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8D16

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8D16	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 141, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.141 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bae60',
    500: '#6e8d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8d16;
$custom-light: #9bae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.63,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59834,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8D16

secondary

#603EC1

accent

#38F068

background

#F9FAF6

surface

#F2F4EB

border

#CCCEC6

text

#0F1005

muted

#7E7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8D16

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

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