#685B16#685B16

#685B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.087 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B16
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.70, -2.95, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.70, 39.31, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% -0.0123 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.087 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5953, 10.4836, 2.2770)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B16 #162368

analogous

#683216 #685B16 #4C6816

triadic

#685B16 #16685B #5B1668

tetradic

#685B16 #166832 #162368 #68164C

square

#685B16 #166832 #162368 #68164C

split-complementary

#685B16 #164C68 #321668

monochromatic

#191605 #352F0B #685B16 #9B8721 #CDB32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#685B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#685B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B16

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B16	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.087 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968959',
    500: '#685b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b16;
$custom-light: #968959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.488,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47054,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B16

secondary

#3B4B9F

accent

#5AE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B16

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

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