#685A18#685A18

#685A18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.085 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A18
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 76.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, -2.25, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 38.17, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(46.83% -0.0101 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(46.83% 0.085 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5304, 10.3218, 2.3543)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A18 #182668

analogous

#683218 #685A18 #4E6818

triadic

#685A18 #18685A #5A1868

tetradic

#685A18 #186832 #182668 #68184E

square

#685A18 #186832 #182668 #68184E

split-complementary

#685A18 #184E68 #321868

monochromatic

#191606 #362F0D #685A18 #9A8523 #CBB02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#685A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#685A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A18

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A18	1.00	6.85	3.06	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.085 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96885a',
    500: '#685a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a18;
$custom-light: #96885a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46834,
    "c": 0.08494,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A18

secondary

#3E4F9E

accent

#5FE642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A18

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

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