#685E23#685E23

#685E23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.080 H 99.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E23
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, -3.92, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 34.54, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% -0.0134 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.08 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0154, 11.0702, 3.1990)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E23 #232D68

analogous

#683B23 #685E23 #506823

triadic

#685E23 #23685E #5E2368

tetradic

#685E23 #23683B #232D68 #682350

square

#685E23 #23683B #232D68 #682350

split-complementary

#685E23 #235068 #3B2368

monochromatic

#171508 #3A3514 #685E23 #968732 #C0AF45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#685E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#685E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E23

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E23	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.080 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958b61',
    500: '#685e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e23;
$custom-light: #958b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47883,
    "c": 0.07953,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E23

secondary

#4B579B

accent

#63D94F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0C05

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E23

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

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