#686D21#686D21

#686D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.098 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D21
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 69.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, -12.61, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 41.96, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% -0.0382 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.098 113)
XYZ	xyz(11.4524, 13.9904, 3.5357)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D21 #26216D

analogous

#6D4C21 #686D21 #426D21

triadic

#686D21 #21686D #6D2168

tetradic

#686D21 #216D4C #26216D #6D2142

square

#686D21 #216D4C #26216D #6D2142

split-complementary

#686D21 #21426D #4C216D

monochromatic

#161707 #3B3E13 #686D21 #959C2F #BDC642

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#686D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#686D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D21

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D21	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)

#756816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.098 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959661',
    500: '#686d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d21;
$custom-light: #959661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.947,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51479,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.1399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D21

secondary

#4F49A1

accent

#4BDD54

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D21

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

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