#686d39

Color #686d39

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 8.97 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#686d39

RGB

rgb(104, 109, 57)

HSL

hsl(65.8, 31.3%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.8, 47.7%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 47.7%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(44.48, -10.46, 28.27)

LCH

lch(44.48, 30.14, 110.3)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0739, 113.51)

HWB

hwb(65.8, 22.4%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3e396d

Analogous

#6d5839

#686d39

#4e6d39

Triadic

#686d39

#39686d

#6d3968

Split-complementary

#686d39

#394e6d

#58396d

Tetradic

#686d39

#396d3e

#3e396d

#6d3968

Square

#686d39

#396d58

#3e396d

#6d394e

Shades

Color #686d39 mixed toward black.

#565b2f

#454926

#34361c

#232413

#111209

Tints

Color #686d39 mixed toward white.

#8c924d

#a9b068

#bfc48e

#d4d8b4

#eaebd9

Tones

Color #686d39 mixed toward gray.

#64683d

#616442

#5d6046

#5a5c4a

#56574f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a4a · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#6a6a4d · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#685456 · ΔE 27.9

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686d39;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686d39]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686d39 (#686d39) is rgb(104, 109, 57) in RGB.

No, #686d39 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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