#686F18#686F18

#686F18 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	#686F18
RGB	rgb(104, 111, 24)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 78.4%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, -14.22, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 46.40, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.9% -0.0437 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(51.9% 0.107 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5586, 14.3781, 3.0303)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686F18 #1F186F

analogous

#6F4B18 #686F18 #3D6F18

triadic

#686F18 #18686F #6F1868

tetradic

#686F18 #186F4B #1F186F #6F183D

square

#686F18 #186F4B #1F186F #6F183D

split-complementary

#686F18 #183D6F #4B186F

monochromatic

#181905 #393D0D #686F18 #97A123 #C5D22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#686F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#686F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686F18

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686F18	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F685F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 111, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.107 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96985d',
    500: '#686f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686f18;
$custom-light: #96985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.828,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51901,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686F18

secondary

#463EA5

accent

#40E74E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #686F18

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

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