#686B59#686B59

#686B59 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.028 H 115.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686B59
RGB	rgb(104, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(70, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, -4.65, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 10.77, 115.56°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% -0.0117 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.028 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7696, 14.1798, 11.5135)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686B59 #5C596B

analogous

#6B6559 #686B59 #5F6B59

triadic

#686B59 #59686B #6B5968

tetradic

#686B59 #596B65 #5C596B #6B595F

square

#686B59 #596B65 #5C596B #6B595F

split-complementary

#686B59 #595F6B #65596B

monochromatic

#272821 #484A3D #686B59 #888C75 #A5A896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#686B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#686B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686B59

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686B59	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E695A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.028 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939588',
    500: '#686b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686b59;
$custom-light: #939588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51979,
    "c": 0.02763,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686B59

secondary

#8B8997

accent

#76B280

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686B59

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

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