#685A12#685A12

#685A12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.089 H 97.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A12
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 18)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 82.7%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.37, -2.54, 40.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.37, 40.53, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% -0.0115 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.089 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4748, 10.2996, 2.0611)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A12 #122068

analogous

#682F12 #685A12 #4B6812

triadic

#685A12 #12685A #5A1268

tetradic

#685A12 #12682F #122068 #68124B

square

#685A12 #12682F #122068 #68124B

split-complementary

#685A12 #124B68 #2F1268

monochromatic

#1A1705 #342D09 #685A12 #9C871B #D0B424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#685A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#685A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A12

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A12	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71524C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.089 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968857',
    500: '#685a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a12;
$custom-light: #968857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46791,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A12

secondary

#3647A0

accent

#58ED3B

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A12

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

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