#685B18#685B18

#685B18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.086 H 97.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B18
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 76.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.71, -2.85, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.71, 38.49, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.07% -0.0117 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(47.07% 0.086 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6153, 10.4917, 2.3826)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B18 #182568

analogous

#683318 #685B18 #4D6818

triadic

#685B18 #18685B #5B1868

tetradic

#685B18 #186833 #182568 #68184D

square

#685B18 #186833 #182568 #68184D

split-complementary

#685B18 #184D68 #331868

monochromatic

#191606 #362F0D #685B18 #9A8723 #CBB22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#685B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#685B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B18

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B18	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)

#65590D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.086 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96895a',
    500: '#685b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b18;
$custom-light: #96895a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4707,
    "c": 0.08576,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B18

secondary

#3E4D9E

accent

#5DE642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B18

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

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