#686D35#686D35

#686D35 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.079 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D35
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 35%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 51.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, -10.90, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 32.27, 109.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% -0.0311 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.079 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8204, 14.1376, 5.4736)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D35 #3A356D

analogous

#6D5635 #686D35 #4C6D35

triadic

#686D35 #35686D #6D3568

tetradic

#686D35 #356D56 #3A356D #6D354C

square

#686D35 #356D56 #3A356D #6D354C

split-complementary

#686D35 #354C6D #56356D

monochromatic

#191B0D #414421 #686D35 #8F9649 #AEB567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#686D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#686D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D35

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D35	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E6760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.079 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94966e',
    500: '#686d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d35;
$custom-light: #94966e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 34.568,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51715,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D35

secondary

#66609E

accent

#5DCB67

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EC

border

#CCCCC7

text

#0D0D07

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D35

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

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