#686a4e

Color #686a4e

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.6 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#686a4e

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 78)

HSL

hsl(64.3, 15.2%, 36.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.3, 26.4%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 26.4%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(43.95, -5.91, 15.51)

LCH

lch(43.95, 16.6, 110.86)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.042, 111.19)

HWB

hwb(64.3, 30.6%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#504e6a

Analogous

#6a5e4e

#686a4e

#5a6a4e

Triadic

#686a4e

#4e686a

#6a4e68

Split-complementary

#686a4e

#4e5a6a

#5e4e6a

Tetradic

#686a4e

#4e6a50

#504e6a

#6a4e68

Square

#686a4e

#4e6a5e

#504e6a

#6a4e5a

Shades

Color #686a4e mixed toward black.

#575841

#454734

#343527

#23231a

#11120d

Tints

Color #686a4e mixed toward white.

#878965

#a1a382

#b8baa1

#d0d1c0

#e7e8e0

Tones

Color #686a4e mixed toward gray.

#666850

#646553

#626355

#606157

#5e5e5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.76:1

White text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696956 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#696958 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#685b5d · ΔE 19.5

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 12.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686a4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a4e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686a4e (#686a4e) is rgb(104, 106, 78) in RGB.

No, #686a4e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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