#686217#686217

#686217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.093 H 104.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686217
RGB	rgb(104, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, -6.98, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 41.40, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% -0.0235 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.093 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2317, 11.7407, 2.5377)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686217 #171D68

analogous

#683A17 #686217 #456817

triadic

#686217 #176862 #621768

tetradic

#686217 #17683A #171D68 #681745

square

#686217 #17683A #171D68 #681745

split-complementary

#686217 #174568 #3A1768

monochromatic

#191806 #36330C #686217 #9A9122 #CCC02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#686217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#686217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686217

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686217	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)

#6B5E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.093 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968e5a',
    500: '#686217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686217;
$custom-light: #968e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48727,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686217

secondary

#3D449E

accent

#4DE741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686217

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →