#685E20#685E20

#685E20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.082 H 100.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E20
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 32)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 69.2%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.67, -4.13, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.67, 35.99, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% -0.0144 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.082 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.9728, 11.0532, 2.9744)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E20 #202A68

analogous

#683A20 #685E20 #4E6820

triadic

#685E20 #20685E #5E2068

tetradic

#685E20 #20683A #202A68 #68204E

square

#685E20 #20683A #202A68 #68204E

split-complementary

#685E20 #204E68 #3A2068

monochromatic

#171507 #393412 #685E20 #97882E #C4B13F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#685E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E20

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E20	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.082 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968b5f',
    500: '#685e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e20;
$custom-light: #968b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47851,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E20

secondary

#48539C

accent

#60DC4B

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E20

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

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