#686C1E#686C1E

#686C1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.099 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C1E
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 30)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 72.2%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -12.24, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 42.76, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% -0.0375 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.099 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3062, 13.7622, 3.2888)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C1E #221E6C

analogous

#6C491E #686C1E #416C1E

triadic

#686C1E #1E686C #6C1E68

tetradic

#686C1E #1E6C49 #221E6C #6C1E41

square

#686C1E #1E6C49 #221E6C #6C1E41

split-complementary

#686C1E #1E416C #491E6C

monochromatic

#171807 #3A3C11 #686C1E #969C2B #C2C93C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#686C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#686C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C1E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C1E	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F655D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.099 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96955f',
    500: '#686c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c1e;
$custom-light: #96955f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51208,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C1E

secondary

#4A45A0

accent

#48E050

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C1E

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

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