#685C12#685C12

#685C12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.090 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C12
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 18)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 82.7%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.97, -3.72, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.97, 41.16, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% -0.0149 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.09 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6457, 10.6415, 2.1181)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C12 #121E68

analogous

#683112 #685C12 #496812

triadic

#685C12 #12685C #5C1268

tetradic

#685C12 #126831 #121E68 #681249

square

#685C12 #126831 #121E68 #681249

split-complementary

#685C12 #124968 #311268

monochromatic

#1A1705 #342E09 #685C12 #9C8A1B #D0B824

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#685C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#685C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C12

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C12	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.090 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968957',
    500: '#685c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c12;
$custom-light: #968957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47263,
    "c": 0.09041,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C12

secondary

#3645A0

accent

#53ED3B

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C12

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

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