#685D12#685D12

#685D12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.091 H 100.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D12
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 18)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 82.7%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, -4.30, 41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 41.48, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% -0.0165 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.091 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7329, 10.8159, 2.1472)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D12 #121D68

analogous

#683212 #685D12 #486812

triadic

#685D12 #12685D #5D1268

tetradic

#685D12 #126832 #121D68 #681248

square

#685D12 #126832 #121D68 #681248

split-complementary

#685D12 #124868 #321268

monochromatic

#1A1705 #342E09 #685D12 #9C8C1B #D0BA24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#685D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#685D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D12

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D12	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675A02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71554F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.091 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968a57',
    500: '#685d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d12;
$custom-light: #968a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.475,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D12

secondary

#3644A0

accent

#51ED3B

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D12

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

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