#686218#686218

#686218 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.092 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686218
RGB	rgb(104, 98, 24)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, -6.93, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 41.00, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% -0.0233 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.092 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2419, 11.7448, 2.5915)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686218 #181E68

analogous

#683A18 #686218 #466818

triadic

#686218 #186862 #621868

tetradic

#686218 #18683A #181E68 #681846

square

#686218 #18683A #181E68 #681846

split-complementary

#686218 #184668 #3A1868

monochromatic

#191706 #36330D #686218 #9A9123 #CBC02F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#686218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#686218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686218

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686218	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)

#6B5E0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 98, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.092 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968e5b',
    500: '#686218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686218;
$custom-light: #968e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48735,
    "c": 0.09223,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686218

secondary

#3E459E

accent

#4EE642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686218

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

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