#685B17#685B17

#685B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.086 H 98.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B17
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.70, -2.90, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.70, 38.91, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.06% -0.012 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(47.06% 0.086 98)
XYZ	xyz(9.6051, 10.4876, 2.3288)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B17 #172468

analogous

#683217 #685B17 #4D6817

triadic

#685B17 #17685B #5B1768

tetradic

#685B17 #176832 #172468 #68174D

square

#685B17 #176832 #172468 #68174D

split-complementary

#685B17 #174D68 #321768

monochromatic

#191606 #362F0C #685B17 #9A8722 #CCB32D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#685B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#685B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B17

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B17	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)

#65590B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.086 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968959',
    500: '#685b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b17;
$custom-light: #968959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47062,
    "c": 0.08645,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.10487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B17

secondary

#3D4C9E

accent

#5CE741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B17

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

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