#686F15#686F15

#686F15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.108 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686F15
RGB	rgb(104, 111, 21)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 81.1%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, -14.36, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 47.42, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% -0.0443 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.108 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5291, 14.3663, 2.8750)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686F15 #1C156F

analogous

#6F4915 #686F15 #3B6F15

triadic

#686F15 #15686F #6F1568

tetradic

#686F15 #156F49 #1C156F #6F153B

square

#686F15 #156F49 #1C156F #6F153B

split-complementary

#686F15 #153B6F #49156F

monochromatic

#181A05 #383C0B #686F15 #98A21F #C8D628

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#686F15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#686F15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686F15

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686F15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686F15	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)

#786900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686f15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 111, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.108 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96985b',
    500: '#686f15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686f15;
$custom-light: #96985b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686f15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51882,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686F15

secondary

#433AA5

accent

#3DEB4A

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686F15

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

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