#685B23#685B23

#685B23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.077 H 96.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685B23
RGB	rgb(104, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, -2.15, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 33.42, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.18% -0.0083 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(47.18% 0.077 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7538, 10.5470, 3.1118)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685B23 #233068

analogous

#683923 #685B23 #526823

triadic

#685B23 #23685B #5B2368

tetradic

#685B23 #236839 #233068 #682352

square

#685B23 #236839 #233068 #682352

split-complementary

#685B23 #235268 #392368

monochromatic

#171408 #3A3314 #685B23 #968332 #C0A945

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#685B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#685B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685B23

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685B23	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70544F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.077 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958960',
    500: '#685b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685b23;
$custom-light: #958960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47176,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685B23

secondary

#4B5A9B

accent

#69D94F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFEA

border

#CCCAC6

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685B23

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

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