#686A56#686A56

#686A56 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.030 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A56
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 10%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 19%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 18.9%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, -4.59, 11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 11.92, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.67% -0.0115 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(51.67% 0.03 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5425, 13.9231, 10.8290)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A56 #58566A

analogous

#6A6256 #686A56 #5E6A56

triadic

#686A56 #56686A #6A5668

tetradic

#686A56 #566A62 #58566A #6A565E

square

#686A56 #566A62 #58566A #6A565E

split-complementary

#686A56 #565E6A #62566A

monochromatic

#26261F #47483B #686A56 #898C71 #A5A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#686A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#686A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A56

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A56	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.030 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939485',
    500: '#686a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a56;
$custom-light: #939485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 10.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51665,
    "c": 0.03045,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A56

secondary

#878696

accent

#74B37B

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A56

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

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