#685A17#685A17

#685A17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.086 H 96.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A17
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, -2.31, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 38.58, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.83% -0.0103 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(46.83% 0.086 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5202, 10.3177, 2.3005)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A17 #172568

analogous

#683217 #685A17 #4D6817

triadic

#685A17 #17685A #5A1768

tetradic

#685A17 #176832 #172568 #68174D

square

#685A17 #176832 #172568 #68174D

split-complementary

#685A17 #174D68 #321768

monochromatic

#191606 #362F0C #685A17 #9A8522 #CCB12D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#685A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#685A17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A17

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A17	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)

#64580C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.086 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968859',
    500: '#685a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a17;
$custom-light: #968859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46826,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A17

secondary

#3D4D9E

accent

#5EE741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A17

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

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