#685A23#685A23

#685A23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.076 H 95.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685A23
RGB	rgb(104, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, -1.55, 33.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 33.06, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(46.94% -0.0066 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(46.94% 0.076 95)
XYZ	xyz(9.6689, 10.3772, 3.0835)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685A23 #233168

analogous

#683823 #685A23 #546823

triadic

#685A23 #23685A #5A2368

tetradic

#685A23 #236838 #233168 #682354

square

#685A23 #236838 #233168 #682354

split-complementary

#685A23 #235468 #382368

monochromatic

#171408 #3A3214 #685A23 #968232 #C0A745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#685A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#685A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685A23

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685A23	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70534E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.076 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958860',
    500: '#685a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685a23;
$custom-light: #958860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46942,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.10377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685A23

secondary

#4B5C9B

accent

#6BD94F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFEA

border

#CCCAC6

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685A23

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

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