#685A22#685A22

#685A22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.077 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A22
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, -1.63, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 33.56, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(46.93% -0.007 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(46.93% 0.077 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6543, 10.3714, 3.0064)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A22 #223068

analogous

#683722 #685A22 #536822

triadic

#685A22 #22685A #5A2268

tetradic

#685A22 #226837 #223068 #682253

square

#685A22 #226837 #223068 #682253

split-complementary

#685A22 #225368 #372268

monochromatic

#171408 #3A3213 #685A22 #968231 #C2A843

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#685A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#685A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A22

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A22	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70534E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.077 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968860',
    500: '#685a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a22;
$custom-light: #968860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46931,
    "c": 0.07685,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A22

secondary

#4A5A9C

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A22

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

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