#685D16#685D16

#685D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.089 H 100.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D16
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.29, -4.12, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.29, 39.98, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% -0.0156 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.089 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7686, 10.8302, 2.3348)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D16 #162168

analogous

#683416 #685D16 #4A6816

triadic

#685D16 #16685D #5D1668

tetradic

#685D16 #166834 #162168 #68164A

square

#685D16 #166834 #162168 #68164A

split-complementary

#685D16 #164A68 #341668

monochromatic

#191705 #35300B #685D16 #9B8A21 #CDB72B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#685D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#685D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D16

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D16	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)

#675A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71564F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.089 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968a59',
    500: '#685d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d16;
$custom-light: #968a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.951,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47527,
    "c": 0.08884,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D16

secondary

#3B499F

accent

#56E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D16

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

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