#685D23#685D23

#685D23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.079 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685D23
RGB	rgb(104, 93, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, -3.33, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 34.16, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% -0.0117 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.079 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9271, 10.8936, 3.1696)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685D23 #232E68

analogous

#683B23 #685D23 #506823

triadic

#685D23 #23685D #5D2368

tetradic

#685D23 #23683B #232E68 #682350

square

#685D23 #23683B #232E68 #682350

split-complementary

#685D23 #235068 #3B2368

monochromatic

#171408 #3A3414 #685D23 #968632 #C0AD45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#685D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#685D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685D23

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685D23	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)

#665B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 93, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.079 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958a61',
    500: '#685d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685d23;
$custom-light: #958a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47647,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685D23

secondary

#4B589B

accent

#65D94F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685D23

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

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