#686E2A#686E2A

#686E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.091 H 113.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E2A
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, -12.49, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 38.34, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% -0.0369 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.091 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7030, 14.2623, 4.3264)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E2A #302A6E

analogous

#6E522A #686E2A #466E2A

triadic

#686E2A #2A686E #6E2A68

tetradic

#686E2A #2A6E52 #302A6E #6E2A46

square

#686E2A #2A6E52 #302A6E #6E2A46

split-complementary

#686E2A #2A466E #522A6E

monochromatic

#151608 #3E4219 #686E2A #929A3B #B5BE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#686E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#686E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E2A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E2A	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F685F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.091 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959767',
    500: '#686e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e2a;
$custom-light: #959767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51816,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E2A

secondary

#5A54A0

accent

#53D45F

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E2A

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

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