#685F23#685F23

#685F23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.081 H 100.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#685F23
RGB	rgb(104, 95, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 66.3%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, -4.50, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 34.93, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% -0.0151 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.081 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1049, 11.2492, 3.2288)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#685F23 #232C68

analogous

#683D23 #685F23 #4F6823

triadic

#685F23 #23685F #5F2368

tetradic

#685F23 #23683D #232C68 #68234F

square

#685F23 #23683D #232C68 #68234F

split-complementary

#685F23 #234F68 #3D2368

monochromatic

#171508 #3A3514 #685F23 #968932 #C0B045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#685F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#685F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #685F23

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##685F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##685F23	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #685f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 95, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.081 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958c61',
    500: '#685f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #685f23;
$custom-light: #958c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#685f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4812,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#685F23

secondary

#4B569B

accent

#61D94F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0C05

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #685F23

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

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