#685E1D#685E1D

#685E1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.085 H 100.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E1D
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 29)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.64, -4.32, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.64, 37.37, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% -0.0153 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.085 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9338, 11.0376, 2.7694)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E1D #1D2768

analogous

#68381D #685E1D #4C681D

triadic

#685E1D #1D685E #5E1D68

tetradic

#685E1D #1D6838 #1D2768 #681D4C

square

#685E1D #1D6838 #1D2768 #681D4C

split-complementary

#685E1D #1D4C68 #381D68

monochromatic

#181607 #383310 #685E1D #98892A #C7B438

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#685E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E1D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E1D	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)

#675B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.085 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b5d',
    500: '#685e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e1d;
$custom-light: #968b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47822,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E1D

secondary

#44509D

accent

#5CE048

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E1D

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

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