#685E1B#685E1B

#685E1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.086 H 100.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E1B
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 27)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 74%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.63, -4.44, 38.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.63, 38.26, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% -0.0159 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.086 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9099, 11.0280, 2.6433)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E1B #1B2568

analogous

#68371B #685E1B #4B681B

triadic

#685E1B #1B685E #5E1B68

tetradic

#685E1B #1B6837 #1B2568 #681B4B

square

#685E1B #1B6837 #1B2568 #681B4B

split-complementary

#685E1B #1B4B68 #371B68

monochromatic

#181606 #37320E #685E1B #998A28 #C9B634

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#685E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E1B

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E1B	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.086 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b5c',
    500: '#685e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e1b;
$custom-light: #968b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47804,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E1B

secondary

#424D9D

accent

#5AE246

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E1B

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

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