#686a50

Color #686a50

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.44 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#686a50

RGB

rgb(104, 106, 80)

HSL

hsl(64.6, 14%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.6, 24.5%, 41.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 58.4%)

LAB

lab(43.99, -5.59, 14.39)

LCH

lch(43.99, 15.44, 111.23)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.0392, 111.39)

HWB

hwb(64.6, 31.4%, 58.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#52506a

Analogous

#6a5f50

#686a50

#5b6a50

Triadic

#686a50

#50686a

#6a5068

Split-complementary

#686a50

#505b6a

#5f506a

Tetradic

#686a50

#506a52

#52506a

#6a5068

Square

#686a50

#506a5f

#52506a

#6a505b

Shades

Color #686a50 mixed toward black.

#575843

#454735

#343528

#23231b

#11120d

Tints

Color #686a50 mixed toward white.

#868967

#a0a284

#b8b9a3

#cfd1c1

#e7e8e0

Tones

Color #686a50 mixed toward gray.

#666852

#646654

#636457

#616159

#5f5f5b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696957 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#696959 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#685c5d · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 12.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686a50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686a50]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686a50 (#686a50) is rgb(104, 106, 80) in RGB.

No, #686a50 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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