#686D2D#686D2D

#686D2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.087 H 113.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D2D
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 58.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, -11.68, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 36.37, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% -0.0342 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.087 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6515, 14.0700, 4.5841)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D2D #322D6D

analogous

#6D522D #686D2D #486D2D

triadic

#686D2D #2D686D #6D2D68

tetradic

#686D2D #2D6D52 #322D6D #6D2D48

square

#686D2D #2D6D52 #322D6D #6D2D48

split-complementary

#686D2D #2D486D #522D6D

monochromatic

#151609 #3F421B #686D2D #91983F #B3BB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#686D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#686D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D2D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D2D	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)

#756826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E675F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.087 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959668',
    500: '#686d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d2d;
$custom-light: #959668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 41.558,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51607,
    "c": 0.0871,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D2D

secondary

#5D579F

accent

#56D160

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D2D

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

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