#686D1C#686D1C

#686D1C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.102 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D1C
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 28)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 74.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, -12.91, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 44.02, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% -0.0396 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.102 113)
XYZ	xyz(11.3875, 13.9644, 3.1939)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D1C #211C6D

analogous

#6D4A1C #686D1C #406D1C

triadic

#686D1C #1C686D #6D1C68

tetradic

#686D1C #1C6D4A #211C6D #6D1C40

square

#686D1C #1C6D4A #211C6D #6D1C40

split-complementary

#686D1C #1C406D #4A1C6D

monochromatic

#171806 #3A3C0F #686D1C #969E29 #C3CC38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#686D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#686D1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D1C

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D1C	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)

#76680E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.102 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96965e',
    500: '#686d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d1c;
$custom-light: #96965e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.704,
    "s": 59.124,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51437,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.13964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D1C

secondary

#4943A2

accent

#45E24F

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D1C

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

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