#686A4E#686A4E

#686A4E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.042 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A4E
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 26.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, -5.91, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 16.60, 110.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% -0.0152 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.042 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2381, 13.8013, 9.2255)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A4E #504E6A

analogous

#6A5E4E #686A4E #5A6A4E

triadic

#686A4E #4E686A #6A4E68

tetradic

#686A4E #4E6A5E #504E6A #6A4E5A

square

#686A4E #4E6A5E #504E6A #6A4E5A

split-complementary

#686A4E #4E5A6A #5E4E6A

monochromatic

#23231A #454734 #686A4E #8B8D68 #A6A98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#686A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#686A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A4E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A4E	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.042 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93947f',
    500: '#686a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a4e;
$custom-light: #93947f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 15.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51468,
    "c": 0.04203,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A4E

secondary

#7F7D96

accent

#70B875

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A4E

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

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