#685C16#685C16

#685C16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.088 H 99.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C16
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, -3.54, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 39.64, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% -0.0139 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.088 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6814, 10.6558, 2.3057)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C16 #162268

analogous

#683316 #685C16 #4B6816

triadic

#685C16 #16685C #5C1668

tetradic

#685C16 #166833 #162268 #68164B

square

#685C16 #166833 #162268 #68164B

split-complementary

#685C16 #164B68 #331668

monochromatic

#191605 #352F0B #685C16 #9B8921 #CDB52B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#685C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#685C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C16

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C16	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)

#665909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71554E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.088 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968959',
    500: '#685c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c16;
$custom-light: #968959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4729,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C16

secondary

#3B4A9F

accent

#58E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C16

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

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