#685E50#685E50

#685E50 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.025 H 76.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E50
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 13%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(35, 23%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 23.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, 1.49, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 9.61, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.006 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.025 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1596, 11.5279, 9.2251)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E50 #505A68

analogous

#685250 #685E50 #666850

triadic

#685E50 #50685E #5E5068

tetradic

#685E50 #506852 #505A68 #685066

square

#685E50 #506852 #505A68 #685066

split-complementary

#685E50 #506668 #525068

monochromatic

#231F1B #453F35 #685E50 #8B7D6B #A69B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#685E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#685E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E50

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E50	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C5B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.025 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b81',
    500: '#685e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e50;
$custom-light: #938b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48727,
    "c": 0.02517,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E50

secondary

#7F8895

accent

#8EB672

background

#F9F8F7

surface

#F1F0EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0C0A

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E50

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

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