#686d3b

Color #686d3b

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 9.52 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#686d3b

RGB

rgb(104, 109, 59)

HSL

hsl(66, 29.8%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 45.9%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 45.9%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(44.51, -10.23, 27.2)

LCH

lch(44.51, 29.06, 110.61)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0716, 113.56)

HWB

hwb(66, 23.1%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#403b6d

Analogous

#6d593b

#686d3b

#4f6d3b

Triadic

#686d3b

#3b686d

#6d3b68

Split-complementary

#686d3b

#3b4f6d

#593b6d

Tetradic

#686d3b

#3b6d40

#403b6d

#6d3b68

Square

#686d3b

#3b6d59

#403b6d

#6d3b4f

Shades

Color #686d3b mixed toward black.

#575b31

#454927

#34361d

#232414

#11120a

Tints

Color #686d3b mixed toward white.

#8b924f

#a8af6b

#bec390

#d4d7b5

#e9ebda

Tones

Color #686d3b mixed toward gray.

#65693f

#616543

#5e6047

#5b5c4c

#575850

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a4b · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#6a6a4e · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#685557 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #686d3b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#686d3b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#686d3b (#686d3b) is rgb(104, 109, 59) in RGB.

No, #686d3b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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