#686850

Color #686850

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 14.31 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#686850

RGB

rgb(104, 104, 80)

HSL

hsl(60, 13%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 23.1%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.1%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(43.39, -4.43, 13.57)

LCH

lch(43.39, 14.27, 108.08)

OKLCH

oklch(51%, 0.0362, 107.68)

HWB

hwb(60, 31.4%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#505068

Analogous

#685c50

#686850

#5c6850

Triadic

#686850

#506868

#685068

Split-complementary

#686850

#505c68

#5c5068

Tetradic

#686850

#506850

#505068

#685068

Square

#686850

#50685c

#505068

#68505c

Shades

Color #686850 mixed toward black.

#575743

#454535

#343428

#23231b

#11110d

Tints

Color #686850 mixed toward white.

#878768

#a0a084

#b8b8a3

#d0d0c2

#e7e7e0

Tones

Color #686850 mixed toward gray.

#666652

#646454

#626256

#606058

#5e5e5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.68:1

White text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686857 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#686858 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#685b5c · ΔE 17

Achromatopsia

#666666 · ΔE 11.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #686850;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686850]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686850 (#686850) is rgb(104, 104, 80) in RGB.

No, #686850 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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