#6F6517#6F6517

#6F6517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.095 H 101.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6F6517
RGB	rgb(111, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, -5.33, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 42.87, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% -0.0193 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.095 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3644, 12.7492, 2.6727)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6F6517 #17216F

analogous

#6F3917 #6F6517 #4D6F17

triadic

#6F6517 #176F65 #65176F

tetradic

#6F6517 #176F39 #17216F #6F174D

square

#6F6517 #176F39 #17216F #6F174D

split-complementary

#6F6517 #174D6F #39176F

monochromatic

#191705 #3C370C #6F6517 #A29322 #D3C12D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#6F6517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#6F6517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6F6517

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6F6517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6F6517	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#785D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6f6517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(111, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.095 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b905b',
    500: '#6f6517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6f6517;
$custom-light: #9b905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6f6517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 111,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50149,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6F6517

secondary

#3D49A5

accent

#52E93F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0F0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #6F6517

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

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