#686b50

Color #686b50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.03 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#686b50

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 80)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 14.4%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 25.2%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 25.2%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.29, -6.17, 14.79)

LCH

lch(44.29, 16.03, 112.64)

OKLCH

oklch(51.7%, 0.0407, 112.98)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 31.4%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53506b

Analogous

#6b6150

#686b50

#5b6b50

Triadic

#686b50

#50686b

#6b5068

Split-complementary

#686b50

#505b6b

#61506b

Tetradic

#686b50

#506b53

#53506b

#6b5068

Square

#686b50

#506b61

#53506b

#6b505b

Shades

Color #686b50 mixed toward black.

#575943

#454735

#343628

#23241b

#11120d

Tints

Color #686b50 mixed toward white.

#868a67

#9fa384

#b7baa3

#cfd1c1

#e7e8e0

Tones

Color #686b50 mixed toward gray.

#666952

#656755

#636457

#616259

#5f605b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.81:1

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 3.8

Deuteranopia

#696959 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#685d5e · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686b50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b50]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686b50 (#686b50) is rgb(104, 107, 80) in RGB.

No, #686b50 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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