#686B27#686B27

#686B27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.090 H 111.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686B27
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 63.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, -11.06, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 38.30, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% -0.0332 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.09 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3331, 13.6052, 3.9481)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686B27 #2A276B

analogous

#6B4C27 #686B27 #466B27

triadic

#686B27 #27686B #6B2768

tetradic

#686B27 #276B4C #2A276B #6B2746

square

#686B27 #276B4C #2A276B #6B2746

split-complementary

#686B27 #27466B #4C276B

monochromatic

#161608 #3C3E17 #686B27 #949837 #B9BE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#686B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#686B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686B27

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686B27	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73661F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F655D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.090 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959564',
    500: '#686b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686b27;
$custom-light: #959564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.647,
    "s": 46.575,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5105,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686B27

secondary

#54509E

accent

#52D657

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F1EB

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686B27

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

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