#686A16#686A16

#686A16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.102 H 110.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A16
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 22)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 79.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -11.56, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 44.96, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% -0.0365 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.102 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0082, 13.3094, 2.7480)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A16 #18166A

analogous

#6A4216 #686A16 #3E6A16

triadic

#686A16 #16686A #6A1668

tetradic

#686A16 #166A42 #18166A #6A163E

square

#686A16 #166A42 #18166A #6A163E

split-complementary

#686A16 #163E6A #42166A

monochromatic

#191905 #36370B #686A16 #9A9D21 #CBCF2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#686A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#686A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A16

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A16	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70635A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.102 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96945b',
    500: '#686a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a16;
$custom-light: #96945b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5066,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A16

secondary

#3E3BA0

accent

#3FE943

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A16

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

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