#686E21#686E21

#686E21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.099 H 113.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E21
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 70%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, -13.16, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 42.43, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% -0.0398 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.099 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.5597, 14.2049, 3.5714)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E21 #27216E

analogous

#6E4D21 #686E21 #416E21

triadic

#686E21 #21686E #6E2168

tetradic

#686E21 #216E4D #27216E #6E2141

square

#686E21 #216E4D #27216E #6E2141

split-complementary

#686E21 #21416E #4D216E

monochromatic

#161807 #3B3F13 #686E21 #959D2F #BCC743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#686E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#686E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E21

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E21	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.099 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#969761',
    500: '#686e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e21;
$custom-light: #969761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.675,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51724,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E21

secondary

#5049A2

accent

#4BDD56

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E21

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

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