#686A58#686A58

#686A58 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.028 H 112.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686A58
RGB	rgb(104, 106, 88)
HSL	hsl(67, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 17%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, -4.24, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 10.74, 113.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% -0.0105 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.028 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6242, 13.9558, 11.2593)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686A58 #5A586A

analogous

#6A6358 #686A58 #5F6A58

triadic

#686A58 #58686A #6A5868

tetradic

#686A58 #586A63 #5A586A #6A585F

square

#686A58 #586A63 #5A586A #6A585F

split-complementary

#686A58 #585F6A #63586A

monochromatic

#262720 #47493C #686A58 #898B74 #A5A795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#686A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#686A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686A58

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686A58	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 106, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.028 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939487',
    500: '#686a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686a58;
$custom-light: #939487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 9.278,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51718,
    "c": 0.0275,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686A58

secondary

#898896

accent

#76B27C

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686A58

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →