#686b4a

Color #686b4a

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 17.21 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#686b4a

RGB

rgb(104, 107, 74)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 18.2%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 30.8%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 30.8%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.17, -7.1, 18.16)

LCH

lch(44.17, 19.5, 111.35)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0491, 112.39)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 29%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4d4a6b

Analogous

#6b5e4a

#686b4a

#586b4a

Triadic

#686b4a

#4a686b

#6b4a68

Split-complementary

#686b4a

#4a586b

#5e4a6b

Tetradic

#686b4a

#4a6b4d

#4d4a6b

#6b4a68

Square

#686b4a

#4a6b5e

#4d4a6b

#6b4a58

Shades

Color #686b4a mixed toward black.

#57593e

#454731

#343625

#232419

#11120c

Tints

Color #686b4a mixed toward white.

#878b60

#a2a57d

#b9bc9e

#d0d2be

#e8e9df

Tones

Color #686b4a mixed toward gray.

#66684d

#636650

#616352

#5f6055

#5d5d58

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 4.1

Deuteranopia

#696956 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#685a5b · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686b4a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686b4a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686b4a (#686b4a) is rgb(104, 107, 74) in RGB.

No, #686b4a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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