#686D23#686D23

#686D23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.096 H 113.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D23
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 67.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, -12.47, 39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 41.09, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% -0.0376 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.096 113)
XYZ	xyz(11.4812, 14.0019, 3.6876)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D23 #28236D

analogous

#6D4D23 #686D23 #436D23

triadic

#686D23 #23686D #6D2368

tetradic

#686D23 #236D4D #28236D #6D2343

square

#686D23 #236D4D #28236D #6D2343

split-complementary

#686D23 #23436D #4D236D

monochromatic

#161707 #3C3F14 #686D23 #949B32 #BBC447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#686D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#686D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D23

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D23	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)

#756819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.096 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959662',
    500: '#686d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d23;
$custom-light: #959662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51498,
    "c": 0.09627,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.14002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D23

secondary

#514BA0

accent

#4DDB57

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D23

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

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