#6E8D17#6E8D17

#6E8D17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.141 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8D17
RGB	rgb(110, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(76, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(76, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -27.07, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 59.92, 116.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0793 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.141 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1101, 22.4265, 4.2904)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8D17 #36178D

analogous

#8D7117 #6E8D17 #338D17

triadic

#6E8D17 #176E8D #8D176E

tetradic

#6E8D17 #178D71 #36178D #8D1733

square

#6E8D17 #178D71 #36178D #8D1733

split-complementary

#6E8D17 #17338D #71178D

monochromatic

#1C2406 #45580E #6E8D17 #97C220 #B5E03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#6E8D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#6E8D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8D17

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8D17	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	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: #6e8d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.141 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bae61',
    500: '#6e8d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8d17;
$custom-light: #9bae61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.763,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59839,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8D17

secondary

#6240C0

accent

#39EF69

background

#F9FAF6

surface

#F2F4EB

border

#CCCEC6

text

#0F1005

muted

#7E7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8D17

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

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