#686818#686818

#686818 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	#686818
RGB	rgb(104, 104, 24)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.9%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, -10.34, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 43.40, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.19% -0.0329 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(50.19% 0.099 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8245, 12.9100, 2.7856)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686818 #181868

analogous

#684018 #686818 #406818

triadic

#686818 #186868 #681868

tetradic

#686818 #186840 #181868 #681840

square

#686818 #186840 #181868 #681840

split-complementary

#686818 #184068 #401868

monochromatic

#191906 #36360D #686818 #9A9A23 #CBCB2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#686818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#686818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686818

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686818	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)

#716308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#706159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 104, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.099 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96925c',
    500: '#686818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686818;
$custom-light: #96925c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50186,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686818

secondary

#3E3E9E

accent

#42E642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686818

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

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