#686D22#686D22

#686D22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.097 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D22
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 34)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 68.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, -12.54, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 41.53, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% -0.0379 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.097 113)
XYZ	xyz(11.4666, 13.9961, 3.6105)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D22 #27226D

analogous

#6D4C22 #686D22 #426D22

triadic

#686D22 #22686D #6D2268

tetradic

#686D22 #226D4C #27226D #6D2242

square

#686D22 #226D4C #27226D #6D2242

split-complementary

#686D22 #22426D #4C226D

monochromatic

#161707 #3B3E13 #686D22 #959C31 #BCC545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#686D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#686D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D22

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D22	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)

#756818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.097 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959662',
    500: '#686d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d22;
$custom-light: #959662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 52.448,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51488,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.13996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D22

secondary

#504AA1

accent

#4CDC56

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D22

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →