#686517#686517

#686517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.096 H 107.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686517
RGB	rgb(104, 101, 23)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.71, -8.70, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.71, 42.56, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% -0.0284 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.096 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.5177, 12.3126, 2.6330)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686517 #171A68

analogous

#683D17 #686517 #426817

triadic

#686517 #176865 #651768

tetradic

#686517 #17683D #171A68 #681742

square

#686517 #17683D #171A68 #681742

split-complementary

#686517 #174268 #3D1768

monochromatic

#191806 #36340C #686517 #9A9622 #CCC62D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#686517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#686517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686517

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686517	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 101, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.096 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96905b',
    500: '#686517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686517;
$custom-light: #96905b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49451,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686517

secondary

#3D409E

accent

#47E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686517

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

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