#685E2A#685E2A

#685E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.073 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E2A
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.78, -3.35, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.78, 30.97, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% -0.0109 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.073 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1299, 11.1160, 3.8021)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E2A #2A3468

analogous

#683F2A #685E2A #53682A

triadic

#685E2A #2A685E #5E2A68

tetradic

#685E2A #2A683F #2A3468 #682A53

square

#685E2A #2A683F #2A3468 #682A53

split-complementary

#685E2A #2A5368 #3F2A68

monochromatic

#161409 #3C3718 #685E2A #94853C #B9A953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#685E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#685E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E2A

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E2A	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)

#665C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.073 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958b65',
    500: '#685e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e2a;
$custom-light: #958b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47968,
    "c": 0.07268,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E2A

secondary

#545F9A

accent

#6AD256

background

#F9F8F6

surface

#F2F0EB

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0C06

muted

#7E7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E2A

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

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