#686d4c

Color #686d4c

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 16.96 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 8.3

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Conversions

HEX

#686d4c

RGB

rgb(104, 109, 76)

HSL

hsl(69.1, 17.8%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.1, 30.3%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 30.3%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(44.8, -7.94, 17.85)

LCH

lch(44.8, 19.54, 113.98)

OKLCH

oklch(52.1%, 0.0494, 115.16)

HWB

hwb(69.1, 29.8%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#514c6d

Analogous

#6d624c

#686d4c

#586d4c

Triadic

#686d4c

#4c686d

#6d4c68

Split-complementary

#686d4c

#4c586d

#624c6d

Tetradic

#686d4c

#4c6d51

#514c6d

#6d4c68

Square

#686d4c

#4c6d62

#514c6d

#6d4c58

Shades

Color #686d4c mixed toward black.

#575b3f

#454933

#343726

#232419

#11120d

Tints

Color #686d4c mixed toward white.

#868d62

#a0a67f

#b8bc9f

#d0d2bf

#e7e9df

Tones

Color #686d4c mixed toward gray.

#666a4f

#646852

#626554

#606257

#5e5f5a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.88:1

White text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a55 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#6a6a58 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#685c5d · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686d4c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686d4c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686d4c (#686d4c) is rgb(104, 109, 76) in RGB.

No, #686d4c 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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