#686e42

Color #686e42

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 11.54 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#686e42

RGB

rgb(104, 110, 66)

HSL

hsl(68.2, 25%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.2, 40%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 40%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(44.93, -9.92, 23.78)

LCH

lch(44.93, 25.77, 112.64)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.0643, 115.01)

HWB

hwb(68.2, 25.9%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#48426e

Analogous

#6e5e42

#686e42

#526e42

Triadic

#686e42

#42686e

#6e4268

Split-complementary

#686e42

#42526e

#5e426e

Tetradic

#686e42

#426e48

#48426e

#6e4268

Square

#686e42

#426e5e

#48426e

#6e4252

Shades

Color #686e42 mixed toward black.

#575c37

#45492c

#343721

#232516

#11120b

Tints

Color #686e42 mixed toward white.

#899157

#a4ab74

#bbc097

#d1d5b9

#e8eadc

Tones

Color #686e42 mixed toward gray.

#656a46

#636749

#60634d

#5d5f51

#5b5c54

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.9:1

White text reads better on this background (5.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b4f · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#6a6a52 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#68585a · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#6a6a6a · ΔE 17.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686e42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686e42]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686e42 (#686e42) is rgb(104, 110, 66) in RGB.

No, #686e42 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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