#686C22#686C22

#686C22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.096 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C22
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 68.5%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, -11.99, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 41.06, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0364 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.096 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3605, 13.7839, 3.5752)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C22 #26226C

analogous

#6C4B22 #686C22 #436C22

triadic

#686C22 #22686C #6C2268

tetradic

#686C22 #226C4B #26226C #6C2243

square

#686C22 #226C4B #26226C #6C2243

split-complementary

#686C22 #22436C #4B226C

monochromatic

#161707 #3B3D13 #686C22 #959B31 #BDC444

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#686C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#686C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C22

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C22	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F655D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.096 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959662',
    500: '#686c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c22;
$custom-light: #959662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51244,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C22

secondary

#4F4AA0

accent

#4CDC54

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C22

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

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