#685E22#685E22

#685E22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.080 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E22
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, -3.99, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 35.03, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% -0.0137 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.08 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0008, 11.0644, 3.1219)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E22 #222C68

analogous

#683B22 #685E22 #4F6822

triadic

#685E22 #22685E #5E2268

tetradic

#685E22 #22683B #222C68 #68224F

square

#685E22 #22683B #222C68 #68224F

split-complementary

#685E22 #224F68 #3B2268

monochromatic

#171508 #3A3413 #685E22 #968831 #C2AF43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#685E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E22

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E22	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)

#675B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.080 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958b60',
    500: '#685e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e22;
$custom-light: #958b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47872,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E22

secondary

#4A569C

accent

#62DA4E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0C05

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E22

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

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