#685F21#685F21

#685F21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685F21
RGB	rgb(104, 95, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, -4.64, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 35.90, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% -0.0157 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(10.0761, 11.2377, 3.0769)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685F21 #212A68

analogous

#683C21 #685F21 #4E6821

triadic

#685F21 #21685F #5F2168

tetradic

#685F21 #21683C #212A68 #68214E

square

#685F21 #21683C #212A68 #68214E

split-complementary

#685F21 #214E68 #3C2168

monochromatic

#171507 #3A3512 #685F21 #968930 #C3B241

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#685F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#685F21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685F21

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685F21	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 95, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958c60',
    500: '#685f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685f21;
$custom-light: #958c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48098,
    "c": 0.08229,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.11237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685F21

secondary

#49539C

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C05

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685F21

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

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