#686F4E#686F4E

#686F4E is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.050 H 117.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686F4E
RGB	rgb(104, 111, 78)
HSL	hsl(73, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(73, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.44, -8.77, 17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.44, 19.61, 116.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% -0.0233 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.05 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7684, 14.8621, 9.4023)
Luminance	0.1486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686F4E #554E6F

analogous

#6F664E #686F4E #586F4E

triadic

#686F4E #4E686F #6F4E68

tetradic

#686F4E #4E6F66 #554E6F #6F4E58

square

#686F4E #4E6F66 #554E6F #6F4E58

split-complementary

#686F4E #4E586F #664E6F

monochromatic

#25271B #464B35 #686F4E #8A9367 #A6AD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#686F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#686F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686F4E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686F4E	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)

#736B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 111, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.050 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93987f',
    500: '#686f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686f4e;
$custom-light: #93987f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.727,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52658,
    "c": 0.04983,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686F4E

secondary

#847E9A

accent

#6EBA7E

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686F4E

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

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