#686D2F#686D2F

#686D2F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.085 H 113.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D2F
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 47)
HSL	hsl(65, 40%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 56.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, -11.49, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 35.37, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% -0.0335 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.085 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6909, 14.0858, 4.7917)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D2F #342F6D

analogous

#6D532F #686D2F #496D2F

triadic

#686D2F #2F686D #6D2F68

tetradic

#686D2F #2F6D53 #342F6D #6D2F49

square

#686D2F #2F6D53 #342F6D #6D2F49

split-complementary

#686D2F #2F496D #532F6D

monochromatic

#16170A #3F421D #686D2F #919841 #B2B95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#686D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#686D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D2F

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D2F	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E675F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.085 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95966a',
    500: '#686d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d2f;
$custom-light: #95966a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 39.744,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51632,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D2F

secondary

#5F599E

accent

#58D062

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D2F

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

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