#685D21#685D21

#685D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.080 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D21
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, -3.47, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 35.13, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% -0.0124 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.08 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8982, 10.8820, 3.0176)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D21 #212C68

analogous

#683A21 #685D21 #506821

triadic

#685D21 #21685D #5D2168

tetradic

#685D21 #21683A #212C68 #682150

square

#685D21 #21683A #212C68 #682150

split-complementary

#685D21 #215068 #3A2168

monochromatic

#171507 #3A3312 #685D21 #968730 #C3AF41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#685D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#685D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D21

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D21	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.080 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968a5f',
    500: '#685d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d21;
$custom-light: #968a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47625,
    "c": 0.08038,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D21

secondary

#49569C

accent

#63DB4D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D21

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

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