#686D1E#686D1E

#686D1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.100 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D1E
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 30)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 72.5%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -12.80, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 43.22, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% -0.0391 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.1 113)
XYZ	xyz(11.4122, 13.9743, 3.3242)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D1E #231E6D

analogous

#6D4A1E #686D1E #416D1E

triadic

#686D1E #1E686D #6D1E68

tetradic

#686D1E #1E6D4A #231E6D #6D1E41

square

#686D1E #1E6D4A #231E6D #6D1E41

split-complementary

#686D1E #1E416D #4A1E6D

monochromatic

#171807 #3A3D11 #686D1E #969D2B #C0C93C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#686D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#686D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D1E

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D1E	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.100 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96965f',
    500: '#686d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d1e;
$custom-light: #96965f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.797,
    "s": 56.835,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51453,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.13974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D1E

secondary

#4B45A1

accent

#48E051

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D1E

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

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