#686451#686451

#686451 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.029 H 97.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686451
RGB	rgb(104, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 22%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 22.1%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -1.92, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 11.53, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% -0.0038 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.029 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7513, 12.6517, 9.6060)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686451 #515568

analogous

#685951 #686451 #616851

triadic

#686451 #516864 #645168

tetradic

#686451 #516859 #515568 #685161

square

#686451 #516859 #515568 #685161

split-complementary

#686451 #516168 #595168

monochromatic

#23221B #464336 #686451 #8A856C #A6A28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#686451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#686451 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686451

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686451	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.029 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939082',
    500: '#686451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686451;
$custom-light: #939082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50135,
    "c": 0.02935,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686451

secondary

#808495

accent

#7EB572

background

#F9F8F7

surface

#F1F0EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0C0A

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686451

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

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