#686E19#686E19

#686E19 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	#686E19
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 25)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 77.3%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, -13.63, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 45.60, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% -0.0419 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.105 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4607, 14.1653, 3.0500)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E19 #1F196E

analogous

#6E4A19 #686E19 #3E6E19

triadic

#686E19 #19686E #6E1968

tetradic

#686E19 #196E4A #1F196E #6E193E

square

#686E19 #196E4A #1F196E #6E193E

split-complementary

#686E19 #193E6E #4A196E

monochromatic

#181906 #393C0E #686E19 #97A024 #C5D031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#686E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#686E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E19

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E19	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)

#776807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.105 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96975d',
    500: '#686e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e19;
$custom-light: #96975d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.235,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51661,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E19

secondary

#463FA3

accent

#42E64D

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E19

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

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