#685E1E#685E1E

#685E1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.084 H 100.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E1E
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.2%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, -4.26, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 36.92, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% -0.015 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.084 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9464, 11.0426, 2.8356)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E1E #1E2868

analogous

#68391E #685E1E #4D681E

triadic

#685E1E #1E685E #5E1E68

tetradic

#685E1E #1E6839 #1E2868 #681E4D

square

#685E1E #1E6839 #1E2868 #681E4D

split-complementary

#685E1E #1E4D68 #391E68

monochromatic

#181507 #393310 #685E1E #98892C #C6B33A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#685E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E1E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E1E	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)

#675B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.084 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b5e',
    500: '#685e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e1e;
$custom-light: #968b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47831,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E1E

secondary

#45519D

accent

#5DDF49

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E1E

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

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