#685E2C#685E2C

#685E2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.071 H 98.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E2C
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.7%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, -3.17, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 29.91, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48% -0.0101 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.071 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1666, 11.1307, 3.9953)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E2C #2C3668

analogous

#68402C #685E2C #54682C

triadic

#685E2C #2C685E #5E2C68

tetradic

#685E2C #2C6840 #2C3668 #682C54

square

#685E2C #2C6840 #2C3668 #682C54

split-complementary

#685E2C #2C5468 #402C68

monochromatic

#161309 #3D371A #685E2C #93853E #B8A857

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#685E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#685E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E2C

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E2C	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.071 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958b67',
    500: '#685e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e2c;
$custom-light: #958b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47996,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E2C

secondary

#56619A

accent

#6CD057

background

#F9F8F6

surface

#F2F0EB

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0C06

muted

#7E7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E2C

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

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