#686553#686553

#686553 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.028 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686553
RGB	rgb(104, 101, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20.2%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, -2.17, 10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 10.86, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% -0.0046 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.028 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9239, 12.8751, 10.0389)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686553 #535668

analogous

#685B53 #686553 #616853

triadic

#686553 #536865 #655368

tetradic

#686553 #53685B #535668 #685361

square

#686553 #53685B #535668 #685361

split-complementary

#686553 #536168 #5B5368

monochromatic

#24231D #464438 #686553 #8A866E #A6A38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#686553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#686553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686553

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686553	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 101, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.028 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939083',
    500: '#686553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686553;
$custom-light: #939083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 11.23,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50419,
    "c": 0.02769,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686553

secondary

#828594

accent

#7DB474

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0C0A

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686553

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

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