#686617#686617

#686617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.097 H 108.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686617
RGB	rgb(104, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, -9.26, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 42.96, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.0299 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.097 108)
XYZ	xyz(10.6154, 12.5080, 2.6656)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686617 #171968

analogous

#683E17 #686617 #416817

triadic

#686617 #176866 #661768

tetradic

#686617 #17683E #171968 #681741

square

#686617 #17683E #171968 #681741

split-complementary

#686617 #174168 #3E1768

monochromatic

#191906 #36350C #686617 #9A9722 #CCC82D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#686617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#686617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686617

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686617	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)

#6F6207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.097 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96915b',
    500: '#686617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686617;
$custom-light: #96915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49693,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.12508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686617

secondary

#3D3F9E

accent

#45E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686617

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

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