#68685b

Color #68685b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.8 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#68685b

RGB

rgb(104, 104, 91)

HSL

hsl(60, 6.7%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 12.5%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.5%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(43.65, -2.53, 7.34)

LCH

lch(43.65, 7.76, 109.02)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.0199, 106.98)

HWB

hwb(60, 35.7%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b5b68

Analogous

#68615b

#68685b

#61685b

Triadic

#68685b

#5b6868

#685b68

Split-complementary

#68685b

#5b6168

#615b68

Tetradic

#68685b

#5b685b

#5b5b68

#685b68

Square

#68685b

#5b6861

#5b5b68

#685b61

Shades

Color #68685b mixed toward black.

#57574c

#45453d

#34342d

#23231e

#11110f

Tints

Color #68685b mixed toward white.

#848473

#9d9d8f

#b5b5ab

#cecec7

#e6e6e3

Tones

Color #68685b mixed toward gray.

#67675c

#66665d

#65655e

#64645f

#626260

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.72:1

White text reads better on this background (5.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68685e · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#68685f · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#686161 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#676767 · ΔE 7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #68685b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#68685b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#68685b (#68685b) is rgb(104, 104, 91) in RGB.

No, #68685b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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