#685D1E#685D1E

#685D1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.083 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D1E
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 30)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.2%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, -3.67, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 36.55, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% -0.0133 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.083 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8581, 10.8659, 2.8061)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D1E #1E2968

analogous

#68381E #685D1E #4E681E

triadic

#685D1E #1E685D #5D1E68

tetradic

#685D1E #1E6838 #1E2968 #681E4E

square

#685D1E #1E6838 #1E2968 #681E4E

split-complementary

#685D1E #1E4E68 #381E68

monochromatic

#181507 #393310 #685D1E #98872C #C6B13A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#685D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#685D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D1E

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D1E	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)

#665A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.083 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968a5e',
    500: '#685d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d1e;
$custom-light: #968a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47594,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D1E

secondary

#45529D

accent

#5FDF49

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D1E

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

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