#686817#686817

#686817 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.099 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686817
RGB	rgb(104, 104, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, -10.39, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 43.77, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.0331 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.099 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8143, 12.9059, 2.7319)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686817 #171768

analogous

#684017 #686817 #406817

triadic

#686817 #176868 #681768

tetradic

#686817 #176840 #171768 #681740

square

#686817 #176840 #171768 #681740

split-complementary

#686817 #174068 #401768

monochromatic

#191906 #36360C #686817 #9A9A22 #CCCC2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#686817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#686817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686817

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686817	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#706159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 104, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.099 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96925b',
    500: '#686817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686817;
$custom-light: #96925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50179,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686817

secondary

#3D3D9E

accent

#41E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686817

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

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