#685E2B#685E2B

#685E2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.072 H 98.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E2B
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.7%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.79, -3.26, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.79, 30.45, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% -0.0105 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.072 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1480, 11.1233, 3.8975)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E2B #2B3568

analogous

#68402B #685E2B #54682B

triadic

#685E2B #2B685E #5E2B68

tetradic

#685E2B #2B6840 #2B3568 #682B54

square

#685E2B #2B6840 #2B3568 #682B54

split-complementary

#685E2B #2B5468 #402B68

monochromatic

#161409 #3D3719 #685E2B #93853D #B9A855

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#685E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#685E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E2B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E2B	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.072 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958b66',
    500: '#685e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e2b;
$custom-light: #958b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47982,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E2B

secondary

#55609A

accent

#6BD156

background

#F9F8F6

surface

#F2F0EB

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0C06

muted

#7E7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E2B

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

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