#686A54#686A54

#686A54 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.033 H 111.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A54
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 84)
HSL	hsl(65, 12%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(65, 21%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 20.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, -4.93, 12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 13.09, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% -0.0124 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.033 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.4631, 13.8913, 10.4105)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A54 #56546A

analogous

#6A6154 #686A54 #5D6A54

triadic

#686A54 #54686A #6A5468

tetradic

#686A54 #546A61 #56546A #6A545D

square

#686A54 #546A61 #56546A #6A545D

split-complementary

#686A54 #545D6A #61546A

monochromatic

#25261E #474839 #686A54 #898C6F #A6A891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#686A54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#686A54 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A54

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A54	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.033 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939484',
    500: '#686a54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a54;
$custom-light: #939484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 11.579,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51614,
    "c": 0.03338,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A54

secondary

#858496

accent

#73B479

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A54

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

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