#686816#686816

#686816 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.100 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686816
RGB	rgb(104, 104, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.8%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, -10.44, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 44.13, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% -0.0333 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.1 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8045, 12.9019, 2.6801)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686816 #161668

analogous

#683F16 #686816 #3F6816

triadic

#686816 #166868 #681668

tetradic

#686816 #16683F #161668 #68163F

square

#686816 #16683F #161668 #68163F

split-complementary

#686816 #163F68 #3F1668

monochromatic

#191905 #35350B #686816 #9B9B21 #CDCD2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#686816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#686816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686816

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686816	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)

#716304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#706159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 104, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.100 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96925b',
    500: '#686816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686816;
$custom-light: #96925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50172,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686816

secondary

#3B3B9F

accent

#40E840

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686816

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

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