#685B11#685B11

#685B11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.090 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B11
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 17)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 83.7%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.67, -3.17, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.67, 41.19, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.02% -0.0134 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(47.02% 0.09 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5517, 10.4662, 2.0473)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B11 #111E68

analogous

#682F11 #685B11 #496811

triadic

#685B11 #11685B #5B1168

tetradic

#685B11 #11682F #111E68 #681149

square

#685B11 #11682F #111E68 #681149

split-complementary

#685B11 #114968 #2F1168

monochromatic

#1A1704 #332D08 #685B11 #9D891A #D1B722

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#685B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#685B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B11

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B11	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71534D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.090 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968957',
    500: '#685b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b11;
$custom-light: #968957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4702,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B11

secondary

#3545A0

accent

#54EF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B11

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

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