#686A15#686A15

#686A15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.103 H 110.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A15
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 21)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 80.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, -11.61, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 45.31, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% -0.0367 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.103 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9987, 13.3056, 2.6982)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A15 #17156A

analogous

#6A4215 #686A15 #3D6A15

triadic

#686A15 #15686A #6A1568

tetradic

#686A15 #156A42 #17156A #6A153D

square

#686A15 #156A42 #17156A #6A153D

split-complementary

#686A15 #153D6A #42156A

monochromatic

#191A05 #36370B #686A15 #9A9D1F #CCD029

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#686A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#686A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A15

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A15	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70635A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.103 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96945b',
    500: '#686a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a15;
$custom-light: #96945b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.412,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50654,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A15

secondary

#3D3AA1

accent

#3EEA42

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A15

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

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