#6B9536

Closest named color: Olive Drab (#6B8E23). oklch(61.9% 0.133 129.8), rgb(107, 149, 54).

Black text reads best on this color (5.97:1).

About this color

#6B9536 is a medium-dark, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 62%, its chroma 0.133 and its hue 130°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Olive Drab (#6B8E23), ΔE 0.021 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.97:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	medium-dark (62%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.133)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Olive Drab (#6B8E23)
Black text	5.97:1
White text	3.51:1

Values

HEX	#6B9536
RGB	rgb(107, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(87, 47%, 40%)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.133 129.8)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #6B9536	3.51:1	AA large text	Lc -68.0	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #6B9536	5.97:1	AA	Lc 41.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#6B9536 text on white	3.51:1	AA large text	Lc 62.6	Content text, not long reading
#6B9536 text on black	5.97:1	AA	Lc -39.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F3F7F1

oklch(97.1% 0.009 134.9)
Step 100
100

#E6EDE0

oklch(93.7% 0.019 130.2)
Step 200
200

#D1DEC6

oklch(88.4% 0.035 130.5)
Step 300
300

#B3CA9D

oklch(81% 0.066 129.8)
Step 400
400

#8BAE67

oklch(70.8% 0.104 130.1)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#6B9536

oklch(61.9% 0.133 129.8)
Step 600
600

#57830D

oklch(55.7% 0.144 129.7)
Step 700
700

#476E00

oklch(49% 0.131 129.8)
Step 800
800

#3A5A06

oklch(42.7% 0.111 129.9)
Step 900
900

#324A12

oklch(37.6% 0.086 129.8)
Step 950
950

#1D2C0C

oklch(27.1% 0.056 130.5)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#6B9536 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#9C8B2B	0.070
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#96883D	0.071
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#6E8F81	0.102
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.133