#686b48

Color #686b48

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 16.21 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#686b48

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 72)

HSL

hsl(65.1, 19.6%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.1, 32.7%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 32.7%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.13, -7.39, 19.28)

LCH

lch(44.13, 20.65, 110.97)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0518, 112.21)

HWB

hwb(65.1, 28.2%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b486b

Analogous

#6b5c48

#686b48

#576b48

Triadic

#686b48

#48686b

#6b4868

Split-complementary

#686b48

#48576b

#5c486b

Tetradic

#686b48

#486b4b

#4b486b

#6b4868

Square

#686b48

#486b5c

#4b486b

#6b4857

Shades

Color #686b48 mixed toward black.

#57593c

#454730

#343624

#232418

#11120c

Tints

Color #686b48 mixed toward white.

#888c5e

#a3a67b

#babc9c

#d1d3bd

#e8e9de

Tones

Color #686b48 mixed toward gray.

#66684b

#63654e

#616251

#5e5f54

#5c5c57

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.55:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696952 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#696954 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#68595b · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 14.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686b48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b48]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686b48 (#686b48) is rgb(104, 107, 72) in RGB.

No, #686b48 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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