#686D4E#686D4E

#686D4E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.047 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686D4E
RGB	rgb(104, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(70, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(70, 28%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 28.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, -7.63, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 18.39, 114.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% -0.0201 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.047 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.5526, 14.4305, 9.3303)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686D4E #534E6D

analogous

#6D634E #686D4E #596D4E

triadic

#686D4E #4E686D #6D4E68

tetradic

#686D4E #4E6D63 #534E6D #6D4E59

square

#686D4E #4E6D63 #534E6D #6D4E59

split-complementary

#686D4E #4E596D #634E6D

monochromatic

#24261B #464934 #686D4E #8A9168 #A6AB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#686D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#686D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686D4E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686D4E	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.047 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93967f',
    500: '#686d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686d4e;
$custom-light: #93967f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 16.578,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52181,
    "c": 0.04666,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686D4E

secondary

#827E99

accent

#6FB97B

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686D4E

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

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