#685B1E#685B1E

#685B1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.081 H 97.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B1E
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 71.2%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.76, -2.49, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.76, 35.83, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.12% -0.01 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(47.12% 0.081 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6848, 10.5194, 2.7484)
Luminance	0.1052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B1E #1E2B68

analogous

#68361E #685B1E #50681E

triadic

#685B1E #1E685B #5B1E68

tetradic

#685B1E #1E6836 #1E2B68 #681E50

square

#685B1E #1E6836 #1E2B68 #681E50

split-complementary

#685B1E #1E5068 #361E68

monochromatic

#181507 #393110 #685B1E #98852C #C6AE3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#685B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#685B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B1E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B1E	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.081 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96895d',
    500: '#685b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b1e;
$custom-light: #96895d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47123,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B1E

secondary

#45559D

accent

#63DF49

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B1E

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

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