#686A50#686A50

#686A50 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.039 H 111.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A50
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 80)
HSL	hsl(65, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 25%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, -5.59, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 15.43, 111.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% -0.0142 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.039 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3109, 13.8304, 9.6089)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A50 #52506A

analogous

#6A5F50 #686A50 #5B6A50

triadic

#686A50 #50686A #6A5068

tetradic

#686A50 #506A5F #52506A #6A505B

square

#686A50 #506A5F #52506A #6A505B

split-complementary

#686A50 #505B6A #5F506A

monochromatic

#24241B #464736 #686A50 #8A8D6A #A6A88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#686A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#686A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A50

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A50	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E684E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.039 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939481',
    500: '#686a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a50;
$custom-light: #939481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 13.978,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51515,
    "c": 0.03917,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A50

secondary

#818096

accent

#71B776

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A50

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

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