#686618#686618

#686618 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.096 H 108.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686618
RGB	rgb(104, 102, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 76.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, -9.21, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 42.58, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% -0.0297 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.096 108)
XYZ	xyz(10.6256, 12.5121, 2.7193)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686618 #181A68

analogous

#683E18 #686618 #426818

triadic

#686618 #186866 #661868

tetradic

#686618 #18683E #181A68 #681842

square

#686618 #18683E #181A68 #681842

split-complementary

#686618 #184268 #3E1868

monochromatic

#191806 #36350D #686618 #9A9723 #CBC82F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#686618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#686618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686618

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686618	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)

#6F6209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 102, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.096 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96915b',
    500: '#686618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686618;
$custom-light: #96915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.497,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.12512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686618

secondary

#3E409E

accent

#46E642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686618

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

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