#686A3E#686A3E

#686A3E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.064 H 110.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A3E
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 26%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(63, 42%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 41.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, -8.17, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 25.76, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.14% -0.0225 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(51.14% 0.064 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7326, 13.5991, 6.5633)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A3E #403E6A

analogous

#6A563E #686A3E #526A3E

triadic

#686A3E #3E686A #6A3E68

tetradic

#686A3E #3E6A56 #403E6A #6A3E52

square

#686A3E #3E6A56 #403E6A #6A3E52

split-complementary

#686A3E #3E526A #563E6A

monochromatic

#1C1D11 #424327 #686A3E #8E9155 #ABAE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#686A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#686A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A3E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A3E	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.064 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949474',
    500: '#686a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a3e;
$custom-light: #949474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 26.19,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51138,
    "c": 0.06364,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A3E

secondary

#6D6B99

accent

#65C369

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0D0D08

muted

#7E7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A3E

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

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