#685C15#685C15

#685C15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.089 H 99.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C15
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 79.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, -3.59, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 40.04, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% -0.0142 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.089 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6719, 10.6520, 2.2559)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C15 #152168

analogous

#683215 #685C15 #4B6815

triadic

#685C15 #15685C #5C1568

tetradic

#685C15 #156832 #152168 #68154B

square

#685C15 #156832 #152168 #68154B

split-complementary

#685C15 #154B68 #321568

monochromatic

#191705 #352F0B #685C15 #9B891F #CEB62A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#685C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#685C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C15

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C15	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)

#665907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71554E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.089 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968959',
    500: '#685c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c15;
$custom-light: #968959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47283,
    "c": 0.08861,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C15

secondary

#3A499F

accent

#57E93E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C15

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

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