#685E15#685E15

#685E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.090 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E15
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 79.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, -4.76, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 40.71, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% -0.0175 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.09 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8474, 11.0031, 2.3144)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E15 #151F68

analogous

#683515 #685E15 #496815

triadic

#685E15 #15685E #5E1568

tetradic

#685E15 #156835 #151F68 #681549

square

#685E15 #156835 #151F68 #681549

split-complementary

#685E15 #154968 #351568

monochromatic

#191705 #35300B #685E15 #9B8C1F #CEBA2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#685E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#685E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E15

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E15	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.090 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b59',
    500: '#685e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e15;
$custom-light: #968b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47757,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E15

secondary

#3A469F

accent

#53E93E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E15

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

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