#685B22#685B22

#685B22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.078 H 96.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B22
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 67.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.80, -2.22, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.80, 33.91, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% -0.0087 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.078 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7392, 10.5412, 3.0347)
Luminance	0.1054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B22 #222F68

analogous

#683822 #685B22 #526822

triadic

#685B22 #22685B #5B2268

tetradic

#685B22 #226838 #222F68 #682252

square

#685B22 #226838 #222F68 #682252

split-complementary

#685B22 #225268 #382268

monochromatic

#171408 #3A3313 #685B22 #968331 #C2AA43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#685B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#685B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B22

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B22	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70544F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.078 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958960',
    500: '#685b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b22;
$custom-light: #958960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47165,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B22

secondary

#4A599C

accent

#68DA4E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B22

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

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