#686e25

Color #686e25

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 10.22 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#686e25

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 37)

HSL

hsl(64.9, 49.7%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.9, 66.4%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 66.4%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(44.56, -12.88, 38.57)

LCH

lch(44.56, 40.66, 108.47)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0958, 113.7)

HWB

hwb(64.9, 14.5%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2b256e

Analogous

#6e4f25

#686e25

#436e25

Triadic

#686e25

#25686e

#6e2568

Split-complementary

#686e25

#25436e

#4f256e

Tetradic

#686e25

#256e2b

#2b256e

#6e2568

Square

#686e25

#256e4f

#2b256e

#6e2543

Shades

Color #686e25 mixed toward black.

#575c1f

#454919

#343712

#23250c

#111206

Tints

Color #686e25 mixed toward white.

#939b34

#b8c24a

#cad177

#dce1a4

#edf0d2

Tones

Color #686e25 mixed toward gray.

#63682b

#5e6231

#595c37

#54563d

#4f5043

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.85:1

White text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b40 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#6a6a45 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#684f52 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686e25;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e25]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686e25 (#686e25) is rgb(104, 110, 37) in RGB.

No, #686e25 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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