#686E18#686E18

#686E18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.105 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E18
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 24)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 78.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, -13.68, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 45.96, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% -0.0421 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.105 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4501, 14.1611, 2.9942)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E18 #1E186E

analogous

#6E4918 #686E18 #3D6E18

triadic

#686E18 #18686E #6E1868

tetradic

#686E18 #186E49 #1E186E #6E183D

square

#686E18 #186E49 #1E186E #6E183D

split-complementary

#686E18 #183D6E #49186E

monochromatic

#181905 #393C0D #686E18 #98A023 #C6D22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#686E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#686E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E18

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E18	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)

#776805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.105 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96975c',
    500: '#686e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e18;
$custom-light: #96975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51655,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E18

secondary

#453EA4

accent

#41E74C

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E18

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

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