#685A16#685A16

#685A16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.086 H 97.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A16
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.40, -2.36, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.40, 38.99, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(46.82% -0.0106 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(46.82% 0.086 97)
XYZ	xyz(9.5104, 10.3138, 2.2487)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A16 #162468

analogous

#683116 #685A16 #4D6816

triadic

#685A16 #16685A #5A1668

tetradic

#685A16 #166831 #162468 #68164D

square

#685A16 #166831 #162468 #68164D

split-complementary

#685A16 #164D68 #311668

monochromatic

#191605 #352E0B #685A16 #9B8621 #CDB12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#685A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#685A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A16

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A16	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)

#64580A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.086 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968859',
    500: '#685a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a16;
$custom-light: #968859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46819,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.10313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A16

secondary

#3B4C9F

accent

#5CE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A16

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

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