#685F17#685F17

#685F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.090 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685F17
RGB	rgb(104, 95, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, -5.24, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 40.29, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% -0.0186 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.09 102)
XYZ	xyz(9.9562, 11.1898, 2.4459)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685F17 #172068

analogous

#683617 #685F17 #496817

triadic

#685F17 #17685F #5F1768

tetradic

#685F17 #176836 #172068 #681749

square

#685F17 #176836 #172068 #681749

split-complementary

#685F17 #174968 #361768

monochromatic

#191706 #36310C #685F17 #9A8D22 #CCBB2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#685F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#685F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685F17

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685F17	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 95, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.090 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968c5a',
    500: '#685f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685f17;
$custom-light: #968c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48009,
    "c": 0.08999,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.11189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685F17

secondary

#3D479E

accent

#53E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685F17

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

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