#686E5A#686E5A

#686E5A is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.031 H 121.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E5A
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 90)
HSL	hsl(78, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(78, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 18.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, -6.20, 10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 12.11, 120.81°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% -0.0161 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.031 121)
XYZ	xyz(13.1301, 14.8331, 11.8422)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#686E5A #605A6E

analogous

#6E6A5A #686E5A #5E6E5A

triadic

#686E5A #5A686E #6E5A68

tetradic

#686E5A #5A6E6A #605A6E #6E5A5E

square

#686E5A #5A6E6A #605A6E #6E5A5E

split-complementary

#686E5A #5A5E6E #6A5A6E

monochromatic

#282B23 #484C3E #686E5A #888F76 #A5AB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#686E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#686E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E5A

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E5A	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.031 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939788',
    500: '#686e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e5a;
$custom-light: #939788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52712,
    "c": 0.03122,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.14833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E5A

secondary

#8F8A9A

accent

#75B387

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2EF

border

#CBCCCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E5A

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

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