#686D18#686D18

#686D18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.104 H 112.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D18
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 24)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 78%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, -13.13, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 45.52, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% -0.0406 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.104 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3428, 13.9465, 2.9584)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D18 #1D186D

analogous

#6D4718 #686D18 #3D6D18

triadic

#686D18 #18686D #6D1868

tetradic

#686D18 #186D47 #1D186D #6D183D

square

#686D18 #186D47 #1D186D #6D183D

split-complementary

#686D18 #183D6D #47186D

monochromatic

#181906 #383B0D #686D18 #989F23 #C7D12E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#686D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#686D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D18

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D18	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.104 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96965c',
    500: '#686d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d18;
$custom-light: #96965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51409,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D18

secondary

#443EA3

accent

#41E74B

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D18

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

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