#685D17#685D17

#685D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.088 H 100.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D17
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, -4.07, 39.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 39.58, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% -0.0153 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.088 100)
XYZ	xyz(9.7784, 10.8341, 2.3866)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D17 #172268

analogous

#683517 #685D17 #4A6817

triadic

#685D17 #17685D #5D1768

tetradic

#685D17 #176835 #172268 #68174A

square

#685D17 #176835 #172268 #68174A

split-complementary

#685D17 #174A68 #351768

monochromatic

#191606 #36300C #685D17 #9A8A22 #CCB72D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#685D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#685D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D17

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D17	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)

#675A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71564F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.088 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968a5a',
    500: '#685d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d17;
$custom-light: #968a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47534,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.10834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D17

secondary

#3D4A9E

accent

#58E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D17

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

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