#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
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 33%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(67, 50%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 50%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, -11.24, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 31.75, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% -0.0319 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.078 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9746, 14.3709, 5.7567)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##686E37	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #686E37

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

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