#686D27#686D27

#686D27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.093 H 113.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D27
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 64.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, -12.18, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 39.26, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% -0.0363 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.093 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5441, 14.0270, 4.0184)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D27 #2C276D

analogous

#6D4F27 #686D27 #456D27

triadic

#686D27 #27686D #6D2768

tetradic

#686D27 #276D4F #2C276D #6D2745

square

#686D27 #276D4F #2C276D #6D2745

split-complementary

#686D27 #27456D #4F276D

monochromatic

#161708 #3D4017 #686D27 #939A37 #B8C04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#686D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#686D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D27

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D27	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75681F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75692B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.093 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959665',
    500: '#686d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d27;
$custom-light: #959665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 47.297,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51538,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D27

secondary

#5650A0

accent

#51D75A

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D27

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

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