#685E52#685E52

#685E52 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.023 H 72.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E52
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 82)
HSL	hsl(33, 12%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(33, 21%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 21.2%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.50, 1.83, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.50, 8.54, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% 0.0069 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.023 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2346, 11.5579, 9.6201)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E52 #525C68

analogous

#685352 #685E52 #676852

triadic

#685E52 #52685E #5E5268

tetradic

#685E52 #526853 #525C68 #685267

square

#685E52 #526853 #525C68 #685267

split-complementary

#685E52 #526768 #535268

monochromatic

#24201C #463F37 #685E52 #8A7D6D #A69B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#685E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#685E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E52

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E52	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C5B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.023 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b82',
    500: '#685e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e52;
$custom-light: #938b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48782,
    "c": 0.02265,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E52

secondary

#818A95

accent

#91B573

background

#F9F8F7

surface

#F1F0EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0C0A

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E52

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

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