#686E4E#686E4E

#686E4E is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.048 H 116.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E4E
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(71, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 29.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, -8.20, 17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 19.00, 115.58°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% -0.0217 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.048 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6599, 14.6450, 9.3661)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E4E #544E6E

analogous

#6E644E #686E4E #586E4E

triadic

#686E4E #4E686E #6E4E68

tetradic

#686E4E #4E6E64 #544E6E #6E4E58

square

#686E4E #4E6E64 #544E6E #6E4E58

split-complementary

#686E4E #4E586E #644E6E

monochromatic

#24261B #464A35 #686E4E #8A9267 #A6AC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#686E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#686E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E4E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E4E	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.048 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93977f',
    500: '#686e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e4e;
$custom-light: #93977f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52419,
    "c": 0.04825,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E4E

secondary

#837E9A

accent

#6EBA7C

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E4E

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

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