#686C4E#686C4E

#686C4E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.045 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C4E
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 78)
HSL	hsl(68, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 27.8%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, -7.06, 16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 17.79, 113.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.94% -0.0185 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(51.94% 0.045 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4466, 14.2183, 9.2950)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C4E #524E6C

analogous

#6C614E #686C4E #596C4E

triadic

#686C4E #4E686C #6C4E68

tetradic

#686C4E #4E6C61 #524E6C #6C4E59

square

#686C4E #4E6C61 #524E6C #6C4E59

split-complementary

#686C4E #4E596C #614E6C

monochromatic

#24251B #464834 #686C4E #8A9068 #A6AA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#686C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#686C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C4E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C4E	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.045 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93967f',
    500: '#686c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c4e;
$custom-light: #93967f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51943,
    "c": 0.04509,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C4E

secondary

#817E98

accent

#6FB979

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C4E

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

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