#686E2E#686E2E

#686E2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.087 H 113.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E2E
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 58.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, -12.14, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 36.38, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% -0.0354 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.087 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7782, 14.2924, 4.7225)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E2E #342E6E

analogous

#6E542E #686E2E #486E2E

triadic

#686E2E #2E686E #6E2E68

tetradic

#686E2E #2E6E54 #342E6E #6E2E48

square

#686E2E #2E6E54 #342E6E #6E2E48

split-complementary

#686E2E #2E486E #542E6E

monochromatic

#16180A #3F431C #686E2E #919940 #B2BB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#686E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#686E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E2E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E2E	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E6860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.087 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#959769',
    500: '#686e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e2e;
$custom-light: #959769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51863,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E2E

secondary

#5F589F

accent

#57D162

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E2E

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

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