#685E27#685E27

#685E27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.076 H 99.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E27
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.74, -3.61, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.74, 32.53, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% -0.012 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.076 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0782, 11.0954, 3.5298)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E27 #273168

analogous

#683D27 #685E27 #516827

triadic

#685E27 #27685E #5E2768

tetradic

#685E27 #27683D #273168 #682751

square

#685E27 #27683D #273168 #682751

split-complementary

#685E27 #275168 #3D2768

monochromatic

#161408 #3B3616 #685E27 #958638 #BCAB4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#685E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#685E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E27

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E27	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.076 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958b63',
    500: '#685e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e27;
$custom-light: #958b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4793,
    "c": 0.07572,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E27

secondary

#505C9B

accent

#67D553

background

#F9F8F6

surface

#F2F0EB

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0C05

muted

#7E7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E27

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

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