#686A23#686A23

#686A23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.093 H 110.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A23
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 67%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, -10.80, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 39.68, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% -0.0329 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.093 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1667, 13.3728, 3.5828)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A23 #25236A

analogous

#6A4823 #686A23 #456A23

triadic

#686A23 #23686A #6A2368

tetradic

#686A23 #236A48 #25236A #6A2345

square

#686A23 #236A48 #25236A #6A2345

split-complementary

#686A23 #23456A #48236A

monochromatic

#171708 #3B3C14 #686A23 #959832 #BEC246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#686A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#686A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A23

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A23	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72651A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F635B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.093 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959462',
    500: '#686a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a23;
$custom-light: #959462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.69,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50765,
    "c": 0.09263,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A23

secondary

#4E4B9D

accent

#4EDA52

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A23

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

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