#686E31#686E31

#686E31 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.084 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E31
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 55.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, -11.86, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 34.87, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% -0.0343 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.084 114)
XYZ	xyz(11.8394, 14.3169, 5.0449)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E31 #37316E

analogous

#6E5531 #686E31 #496E31

triadic

#686E31 #31686E #6E3168

tetradic

#686E31 #316E55 #37316E #6E3149

square

#686E31 #316E55 #37316E #6E3149

split-complementary

#686E31 #31496E #55316E

monochromatic

#18190B #40441E #686E31 #909844 #B0B961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#686E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#686E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E31

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E31	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)

#75692B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E6860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.084 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95976b',
    500: '#686e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e31;
$custom-light: #95976b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.902,
    "s": 38.365,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51902,
    "c": 0.08429,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.14317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E31

secondary

#625C9F

accent

#59CE65

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F2F2EB

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D07

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E31

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

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