#686D1F#686D1F

#686D1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.099 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D1F
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 31)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -12.74, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 42.80, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% -0.0388 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.099 113)
XYZ	xyz(11.4252, 13.9795, 3.3925)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D1F #241F6D

analogous

#6D4B1F #686D1F #416D1F

triadic

#686D1F #1F686D #6D1F68

tetradic

#686D1F #1F6D4B #241F6D #6D1F41

square

#686D1F #1F6D4B #241F6D #6D1F41

split-complementary

#686D1F #1F416D #4B1F6D

monochromatic

#171807 #3B3D11 #686D1F #959D2D #BFC83E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#686D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#686D1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D1F

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D1F	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.099 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#969660',
    500: '#686d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d1f;
$custom-light: #969660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.846,
    "s": 55.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51462,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.13979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D1F

secondary

#4C47A1

accent

#49DF52

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D1F

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

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