#686D19#686D19

#686D19 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; 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	#686D19
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 25)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 77.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, -13.08, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 45.16, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% -0.0404 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.104 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3534, 13.9508, 3.0142)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D19 #1E196D

analogous

#6D4819 #686D19 #3E6D19

triadic

#686D19 #19686D #6D1968

tetradic

#686D19 #196D48 #1E196D #6D193E

square

#686D19 #196D48 #1E196D #6D193E

split-complementary

#686D19 #193E6D #48196D

monochromatic

#181906 #393B0E #686D19 #989F24 #C6D031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#686D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#686D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D19

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D19	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)

#766808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.104 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96965d',
    500: '#686d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d19;
$custom-light: #96965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.571,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51415,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D19

secondary

#453FA2

accent

#42E64C

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D19

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

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