#686a58

Color #686a58

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.74 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#686a58

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 88)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 9.3%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 17%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 17%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(44.17, -4.24, 9.87)

LCH

lch(44.17, 10.74, 113.25)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.0275, 112.46)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 34.5%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a586a

Analogous

#6a6358

#686a58

#5f6a58

Triadic

#686a58

#58686a

#6a5868

Split-complementary

#686a58

#585f6a

#63586a

Tetradic

#686a58

#586a5a

#5a586a

#6a5868

Square

#686a58

#586a63

#5a586a

#6a585f

Shades

Color #686a58 mixed toward black.

#575849

#45473b

#34352c

#23231d

#11120f

Tints

Color #686a58 mixed toward white.

#848770

#9d9f8c

#b6b7a9

#cecfc5

#e7e7e2

Tones

Color #686a58 mixed toward gray.

#676859

#66675b

#64655c

#63645e

#62625f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69695d · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#69695e · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#686061 · ΔE 13.3

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 9.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686a58;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a58]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686a58 (#686a58) is rgb(104, 106, 88) in RGB.

No, #686a58 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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