#686616#686616

#686616 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.098 H 108.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686616
RGB	rgb(104, 102, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, -9.31, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 43.33, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.0302 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.098 108)
XYZ	xyz(10.6055, 12.5041, 2.6138)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686616 #161868

analogous

#683D16 #686616 #416816

triadic

#686616 #166866 #661668

tetradic

#686616 #16683D #161868 #681641

square

#686616 #16683D #161868 #681641

split-complementary

#686616 #164168 #3D1668

monochromatic

#191905 #35340B #686616 #9B9821 #CDC92B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#686616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#686616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686616

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686616	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 102, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.098 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96915a',
    500: '#686616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686616;
$custom-light: #96915a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49686,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.12504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686616

secondary

#3B3E9F

accent

#44E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686616

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

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