#686B1E#686B1E

#686B1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.098 H 111.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686B1E
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 72%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.58, -11.69, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.58, 42.31, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% -0.036 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.098 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2013, 13.5525, 3.2539)
Luminance	0.1355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686B1E #211E6B

analogous

#6B481E #686B1E #426B1E

triadic

#686B1E #1E686B #6B1E68

tetradic

#686B1E #1E6B48 #211E6B #6B1E42

square

#686B1E #1E6B48 #211E6B #6B1E42

split-complementary

#686B1E #1E426B #481E6B

monochromatic

#171807 #3A3B11 #686B1E #969B2B #C3C83B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#686B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#686B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686B1E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686B1E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F645C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.098 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96955f',
    500: '#686b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686b1e;
$custom-light: #96955f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.338,
    "s": 56.204,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50964,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686B1E

secondary

#49459F

accent

#48DF4E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686B1E

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

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