Exploring the Color #6B9117

#6B9117 sits at 79° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 73% saturation and 33% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 107, 145, 23 produces a 5.69:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6B9117 is a close cousin of CSS olive drab — about 12 units away from #6B8E23. Designers reach for chartreuse hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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