#686b49

Color #686b49

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 16.71 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#686b49

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 73)

HSL

hsl(65.3, 18.9%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.3, 31.8%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 31.8%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.15, -7.24, 18.72)

LCH

lch(44.15, 20.07, 111.14)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0505, 112.24)

HWB

hwb(65.3, 28.6%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4c496b

Analogous

#6b5d49

#686b49

#576b49

Triadic

#686b49

#49686b

#6b4968

Split-complementary

#686b49

#49576b

#5d496b

Tetradic

#686b49

#496b4c

#4c496b

#6b4968

Square

#686b49

#496b5d

#4c496b

#6b4957

Shades

Color #686b49 mixed toward black.

#57593d

#454731

#343625

#232418

#11120c

Tints

Color #686b49 mixed toward white.

#888c5f

#a2a67c

#b9bc9d

#d1d2be

#e8e9de

Tones

Color #686b49 mixed toward gray.

#66684c

#63654f

#616352

#5f6054

#5c5d57

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696953 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#696955 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#685a5b · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 14.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #686b49;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b49]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686b49 (#686b49) is rgb(104, 107, 73) in RGB.

No, #686b49 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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