#685E24#685E24

#685E24 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.079 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E24
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 65.4%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, -3.84, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 34.05, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% -0.013 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.079 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0305, 11.0763, 3.2783)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E24 #242E68

analogous

#683C24 #685E24 #506824

triadic

#685E24 #24685E #5E2468

tetradic

#685E24 #24683C #242E68 #682450

square

#685E24 #24683C #242E68 #682450

split-complementary

#685E24 #245068 #3C2468

monochromatic

#171508 #3B3514 #685E24 #958734 #BFAE47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#685E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#685E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E24

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E24	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.079 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958b61',
    500: '#685e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e24;
$custom-light: #958b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47894,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E24

secondary

#4C589B

accent

#64D850

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0C05

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E24

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

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