#685E1A#685E1A

#685E1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.087 H 100.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E1A
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 26)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 75%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, -4.50, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 38.69, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% -0.0162 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.087 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8985, 11.0235, 2.5834)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E1A #1A2468

analogous

#68371A #685E1A #4B681A

triadic

#685E1A #1A685E #5E1A68

tetradic

#685E1A #1A6837 #1A2468 #681A4B

square

#685E1A #1A6837 #1A2468 #681A4B

split-complementary

#685E1A #1A4B68 #371A68

monochromatic

#181606 #37320E #685E1A #998A26 #CAB732

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#685E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#685E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E1A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E1A	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.087 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b5b',
    500: '#685e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e1a;
$custom-light: #968b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47795,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E1A

secondary

#404C9D

accent

#59E345

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E1A

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

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