#686b4f

Color #686b4f

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.61 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#686b4f

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 79)

HSL

hsl(66.4, 15.1%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.4, 26.2%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 26.2%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.27, -6.33, 15.36)

LCH

lch(44.27, 16.61, 112.4)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.0421, 112.91)

HWB

hwb(66.4, 31%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#524f6b

Analogous

#6b604f

#686b4f

#5a6b4f

Triadic

#686b4f

#4f686b

#6b4f68

Split-complementary

#686b4f

#4f5a6b

#604f6b

Tetradic

#686b4f

#4f6b52

#524f6b

#6b4f68

Square

#686b4f

#4f6b60

#524f6b

#6b4f5a

Shades

Color #686b4f mixed toward black.

#575942

#454735

#343628

#23241a

#11120d

Tints

Color #686b4f mixed toward white.

#868a66

#a0a383

#b8baa2

#cfd1c1

#e7e8e0

Tones

Color #686b4f mixed toward gray.

#666951

#646654

#636456

#616258

#5f5f5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.8:1

White text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696957 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#696959 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#685c5e · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686b4f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b4f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686b4f (#686b4f) is rgb(104, 107, 79) in RGB.

No, #686b4f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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