#685E17#685E17

#685E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.089 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E17
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.60, -4.66, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.60, 39.93, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% -0.017 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.089 101)
XYZ	xyz(9.8667, 11.0108, 2.4160)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E17 #172168

analogous

#683617 #685E17 #496817

triadic

#685E17 #17685E #5E1768

tetradic

#685E17 #176836 #172168 #681749

square

#685E17 #176836 #172168 #681749

split-complementary

#685E17 #174968 #361768

monochromatic

#191706 #36310C #685E17 #9A8B22 #CCB92D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#685E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#685E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E17

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E17	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)

#685B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.089 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b5a',
    500: '#685e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e17;
$custom-light: #968b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47771,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.1101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E17

secondary

#3D499E

accent

#55E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E17

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

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