#685E1C#685E1C

#685E1C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.085 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E1C
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 28)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.64, -4.38, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.64, 37.82, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% -0.0156 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.085 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9217, 11.0327, 2.7053)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E1C #1C2668

analogous

#68381C #685E1C #4C681C

triadic

#685E1C #1C685E #5E1C68

tetradic

#685E1C #1C6838 #1C2668 #681C4C

square

#685E1C #1C6838 #1C2668 #681C4C

split-complementary

#685E1C #1C4C68 #381C68

monochromatic

#181606 #38320F #685E1C #988A29 #C8B536

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#685E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E1C

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E1C	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)

#675B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.085 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b5d',
    500: '#685e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e1c;
$custom-light: #968b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47813,
    "c": 0.08546,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E1C

secondary

#434F9D

accent

#5BE147

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E1C

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

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