#686A4C#686A4C

#686A4C is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.045 H 111.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A4C
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 76)
HSL	hsl(64, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 28.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, -6.22, 16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 17.76, 110.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% -0.0161 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.045 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1674, 13.7731, 8.8536)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A4C #4E4C6A

analogous

#6A5D4C #686A4C #596A4C

triadic

#686A4C #4C686A #6A4C68

tetradic

#686A4C #4C6A5D #4E4C6A #6A4C59

square

#686A4C #4C6A5D #4E4C6A #6A4C59

split-complementary

#686A4C #4C596A #5D4C6A

monochromatic

#222319 #454632 #686A4C #8B8E66 #A7A987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#686A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#686A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A4C

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A4C	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F674A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.045 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93947e',
    500: '#686a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a4c;
$custom-light: #93947e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 16.484,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51422,
    "c": 0.04486,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A4C

secondary

#7D7B97

accent

#6FB974

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A4C

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

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