#686D29#686D29

#686D29 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.091 H 113.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D29
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 41)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, -12.02, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 38.32, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% -0.0357 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.091 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5781, 14.0407, 4.1976)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D29 #2E296D

analogous

#6D5029 #686D29 #466D29

triadic

#686D29 #29686D #6D2968

tetradic

#686D29 #296D50 #2E296D #6D2946

square

#686D29 #296D50 #2E296D #6D2946

split-complementary

#686D29 #29466D #50296D

monochromatic

#151608 #3E4118 #686D29 #92993A #B6BE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#686D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#686D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D29

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D29	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75692D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.091 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959666',
    500: '#686d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d29;
$custom-light: #959666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 45.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5156,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D29

secondary

#58539F

accent

#53D55C

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D29

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

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