#686C52#686C52

#686C52 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.039 H 114.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686C52
RGB	rgb(104, 108, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 14%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(69, 24%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 24.1%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, -6.42, 14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 15.47, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% -0.0166 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.039 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5944, 14.2775, 10.0733)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686C52 #56526C

analogous

#6C6352 #686C52 #5B6C52

triadic

#686C52 #52686C #6C5268

tetradic

#686C52 #526C63 #56526C #6C525B

square

#686C52 #526C63 #56526C #6C525B

split-complementary

#686C52 #525B6C #63526C

monochromatic

#25261D #474938 #686C52 #898F6C #A6AA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#686C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#686C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686C52

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686C52	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 108, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.039 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939682',
    500: '#686c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686c52;
$custom-light: #939682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 13.684,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52037,
    "c": 0.03942,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686C52

secondary

#858298

accent

#71B77C

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686C52

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

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