#685D15#685D15

#685D15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.089 H 100.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D15
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 21)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 79.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.29, -4.17, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.29, 40.37, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% -0.0158 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.089 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7591, 10.8264, 2.2850)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D15 #152068

analogous

#683415 #685D15 #4A6815

triadic

#685D15 #15685D #5D1568

tetradic

#685D15 #156834 #152068 #68154A

square

#685D15 #156834 #152068 #68154A

split-complementary

#685D15 #154A68 #341568

monochromatic

#191705 #352F0B #685D15 #9B8B1F #CEB82A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#685D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#685D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D15

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D15	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71564F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.089 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968a59',
    500: '#685d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d15;
$custom-light: #968a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4752,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D15

secondary

#3A479F

accent

#55E93E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D15

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

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