#685E11#685E11

#685E11 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.093 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E11
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 17)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 83.7%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.56, -4.93, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.56, 42.16, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% -0.0184 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.093 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8133, 10.9894, 2.1345)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E11 #111B68

analogous

#683211 #685E11 #466811

triadic

#685E11 #11685E #5E1168

tetradic

#685E11 #116832 #111B68 #681146

square

#685E11 #116832 #111B68 #681146

split-complementary

#685E11 #114668 #321168

monochromatic

#1A1804 #332E08 #685E11 #9D8E1A #D1BD22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#685E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#685E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E11

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E11	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.093 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b57',
    500: '#685e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e11;
$custom-light: #968b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.103,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47731,
    "c": 0.0927,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E11

secondary

#3541A0

accent

#4EEF39

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B03

muted

#7E7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E11

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

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