HEX atlas value

#686231

#686231 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Dark Olive Green. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 104, 98, 49, HSL 53, 36%, 30%, has luminance 0.119, and belongs to the earth tone group.

yellow warm earth-tone

#686231 Sample readable text

HEX #686231

RGB rgb(104, 98, 49)

HSL hsl(53 36% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 53, 59)

Luminance 0.119

Contrast Black 3.38:1White 6.21:1

CSS

--color-686231: #686231;
.background-686231 { background-color: #686231; }
.text-686231 { color: #686231; }

Luminance0.119

Black text3.38:1AA Fail

White text6.21:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#686231","rgb":[104,98,49],"hsl":[53,36,30],"cmyk":[0,6,53,59],"luminance":0.119,"contrast":{"black":3.38,"white":6.21}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.38,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.21,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#2A2714","hex":"#2A2714","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.4,"contrastWhite":15.02,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#313768","hex":"#313768","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.88,"contrastWhite":11.19,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#684631","hex":"#684631","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.51,"contrastWhite":8.37,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#575542","hex":"#575542","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.78,"contrastWhite":7.54,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.8,"contrastWhite":7.51,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","earth tone","earth tone yellow","Dark Olive Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/686231.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-olive-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/loam.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#313768","analogous":["#684631","#536831"],"triadic":["#316862","#623168"],"tetradic":["#316846","#313768","#683153"],"splitComplementary":["#315368","#463168"],"monochromatic":["#A69C4E","#686231","#2A2714"]}

Variants

{"light":"#A69C4E","dark":"#2A2714","saturated":"#796F20","desaturated":"#575542","pastel":"#A49F74","neon":"#C2AB00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-olive-green","name":"Dark Olive Green","hex":"#556B2F","distance":21.118712081942874},{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":21.236760581595302},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":22.02271554554524},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":23.53720459187964},{"slug":"umber","name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","distance":28.24889378365107}]

HEX meaning and use

About #686231

#686231 is classified as a warm yellow value with earth tone visual character. #686231 is visually closest to Dark Olive Green, a named green color with HEX #556B2F.

The RGB channels are 104, 98, and 49, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 53deg with 36% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.119, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 21.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.38:1AA Fail

White text6.21:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #686231 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.38:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.21:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#2A2714#FFFFFF text · best 15.02:1#2A2714

#313768#FFFFFF text · best 11.19:1#313768

#684631#FFFFFF text · best 8.37:1#684631

#575542#FFFFFF text · best 7.54:1#575542

Umber#FFFFFF text · best 7.51:1#635147

Generated Palette

#686231#686231

#313768#313768

#684631#684631

#536831#536831

#A69C4E#A69C4E

#2A2714#2A2714

Color Harmonies

#313768#313768

#684631#684631

#536831#536831

#316862#316862

#623168#623168

Variants

#A69C4E#A69C4E

#2A2714#2A2714

#796F20#796F20

#575542#575542

#A49F74#A49F74

#C2AB00#C2AB00

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Olive Green#556B2F

Loam#6B4F3A

Coffee#6F4E37

Fern Frond#657220

Umber#635147

#686231

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #686231

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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