#686E1B#686E1B

#686E1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.103 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E1B
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, -13.52, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 44.85, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% -0.0414 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.103 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4830, 14.1743, 3.1677)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E1B #211B6E

analogous

#6E4B1B #686E1B #3F6E1B

triadic

#686E1B #1B686E #6E1B68

tetradic

#686E1B #1B6E4B #211B6E #6E1B3F

square

#686E1B #1B6E4B #211B6E #6E1B3F

split-complementary

#686E1B #1B3F6E #4B1B6E

monochromatic

#171906 #3A3D0F #686E1B #969F27 #C3CE36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#686E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#686E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E1B

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E1B	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)

#77680B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.103 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96975e',
    500: '#686e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e1b;
$custom-light: #96975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.337,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51676,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E1B

secondary

#4942A3

accent

#44E450

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E1B

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

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