#686D1A#686D1A

#686D1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.103 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#686D1A
RGBrgb(104, 109, 26)
HSLhsl(64, 61%, 26%)
HSVhsv(64, 76%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(4.6%, 0%, 76.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LABlab(44.17, -13.02, 42.85)
CIE-LCHlch(44.17, 44.79, 106.91°)
OKLaboklab(51.42% -0.0401 0.0948)
OKLCHoklch(51.42% 0.103 113)
XYZxyz(11.3644, 13.9552, 3.0720)
Luminance0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#686D1A #1F1A6D
analogous
#6D491A #686D1A #3F6D1A
triadic
#686D1A #1A686D #6D1A68
tetradic
#686D1A #1A6D49 #1F1A6D #6D1A3F
square
#686D1A #1A6D49 #1F1A6D #6D1A3F
split-complementary
#686D1A #1A3F6D #491A6D
monochromatic
#181906 #393C0E #686D1A #979E26 #C5CE33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54
#686D1A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79
#686D1A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D1A
5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##686D1A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##686D1A1.005.543.795.54
#FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00
#0000003.7921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.541.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#76680A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#766921
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6F665D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #686d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.103 113.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96965d',
    500: '#686d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #686d1a;
$custom-light: #96965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#686d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.614,
    "s": 61.481,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51423,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.13955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#686D1A
secondary
#4641A2
accent
#43E54D
background
#F9F9F5
surface
#F2F2E9
border
#CCCCC5
text
#0E0D04
muted
#7E7E79

Preview Lab

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#686D1A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva