#686B4E#686B4E

#686B4E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.044 H 112.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686B4E
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 27.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, -6.49, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 17.19, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% -0.0168 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.044 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3417, 14.0086, 9.2600)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686B4E #514E6B

analogous

#6B604E #686B4E #5A6B4E

triadic

#686B4E #4E686B #6B4E68

tetradic

#686B4E #4E6B60 #514E6B #6B4E5A

square

#686B4E #4E6B60 #514E6B #6B4E5A

split-complementary

#686B4E #4E5A6B #604E6B

monochromatic

#23241A #464834 #686B4E #8A8E68 #A6AA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#686B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#686B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686B4E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686B4E	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F694F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.044 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93957f',
    500: '#686b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686b4e;
$custom-light: #93957f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 15.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51705,
    "c": 0.04355,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686B4E

secondary

#807E97

accent

#6FB877

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686B4E

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

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