#686A18#686A18

#686A18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.101 H 110.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A18
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 24)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 77.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, -11.46, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 44.24, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% -0.036 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.101 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0282, 13.3174, 2.8536)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A18 #1A186A

analogous

#6A4318 #686A18 #3F6A18

triadic

#686A18 #18686A #6A1868

tetradic

#686A18 #186A43 #1A186A #6A183F

square

#686A18 #186A43 #1A186A #6A183F

split-complementary

#686A18 #183F6A #43186A

monochromatic

#181906 #37380D #686A18 #999C23 #CACE2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#686A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#686A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A18

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A18	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)

#736507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70635A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.101 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96945c',
    500: '#686a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a18;
$custom-light: #96945c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50673,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A18

secondary

#403EA0

accent

#42E646

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A18

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

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