#686E12#686E12

#686E12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.109 H 113.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E12
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 18)
HSL	hsl(64, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, -13.94, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 47.93, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% -0.0434 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.109 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3944, 14.1388, 2.7010)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E12 #18126E

analogous

#6E4612 #686E12 #3A6E12

triadic

#686E12 #12686E #6E1268

tetradic

#686E12 #126E46 #18126E #6E123A

square

#686E12 #126E46 #18126E #6E123A

split-complementary

#686E12 #123A6E #46126E

monochromatic

#191A04 #363909 #686E12 #9AA31B #CBD723

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#686E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#686E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E12

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E12	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)

#776800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70675D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.109 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96975a',
    500: '#686e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e12;
$custom-light: #96975a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.913,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51619,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E12

secondary

#3E37A5

accent

#39EF45

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E12

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

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