#686E16#686E16

#686E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.107 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E16
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(64, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, -13.77, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 46.66, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% -0.0426 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.107 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4300, 14.1531, 2.8886)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E16 #1C166E

analogous

#6E4816 #686E16 #3C6E16

triadic

#686E16 #16686E #6E1668

tetradic

#686E16 #166E48 #1C166E #6E163C

square

#686E16 #166E48 #1C166E #6E163C

split-complementary

#686E16 #163C6E #48166E

monochromatic

#181A05 #383B0C #686E16 #98A120 #C8D42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#686E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#686E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E16

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E16	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.107 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96975c',
    500: '#686e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e16;
$custom-light: #96975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51642,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E16

secondary

#433CA4

accent

#3EEA4A

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E16

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

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