#686F17#686F17

#686F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.107 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686F17
RGB	rgb(104, 111, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 79.3%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.76, -14.27, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.76, 46.75, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% -0.0439 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.107 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5484, 14.3740, 2.9766)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686F17 #1E176F

analogous

#6F4A17 #686F17 #3C6F17

triadic

#686F17 #17686F #6F1768

tetradic

#686F17 #176F4A #1E176F #6F173C

square

#686F17 #176F4A #1E176F #6F173C

split-complementary

#686F17 #173C6F #4A176F

monochromatic

#181905 #393C0C #686F17 #98A222 #C6D32D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#686F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#686F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686F17

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686F17	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)

#786903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 111, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.107 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96985c',
    500: '#686f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686f17;
$custom-light: #96985c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.773,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51894,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686F17

secondary

#453DA5

accent

#3FE94D

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686F17

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

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