#685E16#685E16

#685E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.090 H 101.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E16
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, -4.71, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 40.33, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% -0.0173 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.09 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8569, 11.0068, 2.3642)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E16 #162068

analogous

#683516 #685E16 #496816

triadic

#685E16 #16685E #5E1668

tetradic

#685E16 #166835 #162068 #681649

square

#685E16 #166835 #162068 #681649

split-complementary

#685E16 #164968 #351668

monochromatic

#191705 #35300B #685E16 #9B8C21 #CDB92B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#685E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#685E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E16

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E16	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)

#685B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.090 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b59',
    500: '#685e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e16;
$custom-light: #968b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47764,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E16

secondary

#3B479F

accent

#54E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E16

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

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