#685E54#685E54

#685E54 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.020 H 67.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685E54
RGB	rgb(104, 94, 84)
HSL	hsl(30, 11%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(30, 19%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 19.2%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 2.17, 7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 7.51, 73.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% 0.0078 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.02 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3118, 11.5888, 10.0268)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685E54 #545E68

analogous

#685454 #685E54 #686854

triadic

#685E54 #54685E #5E5468

tetradic

#685E54 #546854 #545E68 #685468

square

#685E54 #546854 #545E68 #685468

split-complementary

#685E54 #546868 #545468

monochromatic

#24211D #463F39 #685E54 #8A7D6F #A69B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#685E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#685E54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685E54

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685E54	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C5C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 94, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.020 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b84',
    500: '#685e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685e54;
$custom-light: #938b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48838,
    "c": 0.02025,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685E54

secondary

#838C94

accent

#94B474

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0C0A

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #685E54

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

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