#686E37#686E37

#686E37 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.078 H 114.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#686E37
RGBrgb(104, 110, 55)
HSLhsl(67, 33%, 32%)
HSVhsv(67, 50%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(5.5%, 0%, 50%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(44.76, -11.24, 29.69)
CIE-LCHlch(44.76, 31.75, 110.74°)
OKLaboklab(51.99% -0.0319 0.0708)
OKLCHoklch(51.99% 0.078 114.3)
XYZxyz(11.9746, 14.3709, 5.7567)
Luminance0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#686E37 #3D376E
analogous
#6E5837 #686E37 #4D6E37
triadic
#686E37 #37686E #6E3768
tetradic
#686E37 #376E58 #3D376E #6E374D
square
#686E37 #376E58 #3D376E #6E374D
split-complementary
#686E37 #374D6E #58376E
monochromatic
#1B1C0E #414523 #686E37 #8F974B #ADB56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42
#686E37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87
#686E37 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E37
5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##686E37#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##686E371.005.423.875.42
#FFFFFF5.421.0021.001.00
#0000003.8721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.421.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#756932
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#756A3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6E6961
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #686e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.078 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94976f',
    500: '#686e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #686e37;
$custom-light: #94976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#686e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.545,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51988,
    "c": 0.07766,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#686E37
secondary
#69639E
accent
#5EC96A
background
#F9F9F6
surface
#F2F2EC
border
#CCCCC7
text
#0D0D07
muted
#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

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#686E37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva