#685E4E#685E4E

#685E4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.028 H 79.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E4E
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(37, 25%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 25%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, 1.16, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 10.71, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.005 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.028 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0868, 11.4988, 8.8417)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E4E #4E5868

analogous

#68514E #685E4E #65684E

triadic

#685E4E #4E685E #5E4E68

tetradic

#685E4E #4E6851 #4E5868 #684E65

square

#685E4E #4E6851 #4E5868 #684E65

split-complementary

#685E4E #4E6568 #514E68

monochromatic

#221F1A #453E34 #685E4E #8B7E68 #A79C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#685E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#685E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E4E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E4E	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65604E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D5B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.028 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b7f',
    500: '#685e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e4e;
$custom-light: #938b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48674,
    "c": 0.02776,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E4E

secondary

#7D8695

accent

#8CB771

background

#F9F8F7

surface

#F1F0EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0C0A

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E4E

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

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