#686216#686216

#686216 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.094 H 104.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686216
RGB	rgb(104, 98, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, -7.03, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 41.78, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% -0.0238 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.094 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2219, 11.7368, 2.4859)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686216 #161C68

analogous

#683916 #686216 #456816

triadic

#686216 #166862 #621668

tetradic

#686216 #166839 #161C68 #681645

square

#686216 #166839 #161C68 #681645

split-complementary

#686216 #164568 #391668

monochromatic

#191805 #35320B #686216 #9B9221 #CDC12B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#686216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#686216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686216

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686216	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 98, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.094 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968e5a',
    500: '#686216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686216;
$custom-light: #968e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4872,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686216

secondary

#3B439F

accent

#4CE840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686216

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

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