#685A15#685A15

#685A15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.087 H 97.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A15
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 21)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 79.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, -2.40, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 39.39, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% -0.0108 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.087 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5009, 10.3100, 2.1989)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A15 #152368

analogous

#683115 #685A15 #4C6815

triadic

#685A15 #15685A #5A1568

tetradic

#685A15 #156831 #152368 #68154C

square

#685A15 #156831 #152368 #68154C

split-complementary

#685A15 #154C68 #311568

monochromatic

#191605 #352E0B #685A15 #9B861F #CEB22A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#685A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#685A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A15

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A15	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)

#645808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71524D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.087 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968858',
    500: '#685a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a15;
$custom-light: #968858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.88,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46811,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A15

secondary

#3A4B9F

accent

#5BE93E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A15

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

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