#6E971B#6E971B

#6E971B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.151 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E971B
RGB	rgb(110, 151, 27)
HSL	hsl(80, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(80, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -31.68, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 63.56, 119.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0916 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.151 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6949, 25.5270, 5.0316)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E971B #441B97

analogous

#97821B #6E971B #30971B

triadic

#6E971B #1B6E97 #971B6E

tetradic

#6E971B #1B9782 #441B97 #971B30

square

#6E971B #1B9782 #441B97 #971B30

split-complementary

#6E971B #1B3097 #821B97

monochromatic

#222F08 #486312 #6E971B #94CB24 #AFDF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#6E971B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#6E971B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E971B

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E971B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E971B	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#739081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e971b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 151, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.151 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cb564',
    500: '#6e971b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e971b;
$custom-light: #9cb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e971b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.839,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62367,
    "c": 0.15147,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E971B

secondary

#734CC1

accent

#3BEC76

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F2F6EB

border

#CCD0C6

text

#0F1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E971B

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

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