#685C27#685C27

#685C27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.074 H 96.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685C27
RGB	rgb(104, 92, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.15, -2.43, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.15, 31.76, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% -0.0086 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.074 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9027, 10.7443, 3.4713)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685C27 #273368

analogous

#683B27 #685C27 #536827

triadic

#685C27 #27685C #5C2768

tetradic

#685C27 #27683B #273368 #682753

square

#685C27 #27683B #273368 #682753

split-complementary

#685C27 #275368 #3B2768

monochromatic

#161408 #3B3516 #685C27 #958338 #BCA84D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#685C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#685C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685C27

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685C27	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 92, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.074 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958963',
    500: '#685c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685c27;
$custom-light: #958963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47459,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685C27

secondary

#505E9B

accent

#6BD553

background

#F9F8F6

surface

#F2F0EB

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0B05

muted

#7E7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #685C27

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

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