#685D1D#685D1D

#685D1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.084 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D1D
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 29)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, -3.74, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 37.00, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% -0.0137 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.084 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8455, 10.8609, 2.7399)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D1D #1D2868

analogous

#68371D #685D1D #4D681D

triadic

#685D1D #1D685D #5D1D68

tetradic

#685D1D #1D6837 #1D2868 #681D4D

square

#685D1D #1D6837 #1D2868 #681D4D

split-complementary

#685D1D #1D4D68 #371D68

monochromatic

#181507 #383210 #685D1D #98882A #C7B238

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#685D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#685D1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D1D

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D1D	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.084 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968a5d',
    500: '#685d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d1d;
$custom-light: #968a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47585,
    "c": 0.08375,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D1D

secondary

#44519D

accent

#5EE048

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D1D

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

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