HEX atlas value

#686C42

#686C42 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Olive Green. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 104, 108, 66, HSL 66, 24%, 34%, has luminance 0.1406, and belongs to the muted and earth tone groups.

yellow warm muted earth-tone

#686C42 Sample readable text

HEX #686C42

RGB rgb(104, 108, 66)

HSL hsl(66 24% 34%)

CMYK cmyk(4, 0, 39, 58)

Luminance 0.1406

Contrast Black 3.81:1White 5.51:1

CSS

--color-686c42: #686C42;
.background-686c42 { background-color: #686C42; }
.text-686c42 { color: #686C42; }

Luminance0.1406

Black text3.81:1AA Fail

White text5.51:1AA 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":"#686C42","rgb":[104,108,66],"hsl":[66,24,34],"cmyk":[4,0,39,58],"luminance":0.1406,"contrast":{"black":3.81,"white":5.51}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.81,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.51,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#31331F","hex":"#31331F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.62,"contrastWhite":12.93,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#46426C","hex":"#46426C","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.26,"contrastWhite":9.31,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#9CA267","hex":"#9CA267","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.78,"contrastWhite":2.7,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.8,"contrastWhite":7.51,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#585855","hex":"#585855","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.94,"contrastWhite":7.14,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","muted","earth tone","muted yellow","earth tone yellow","Olive Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/686c42.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cactus-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raw-umber.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#46426C","analogous":["#6C5B42","#536C42"],"triadic":["#42676C","#6C4267"],"tetradic":["#426C5B","#46426C","#6C4253"],"splitComplementary":["#42536C","#5B426C"],"monochromatic":["#9CA267","#686C42","#31331F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#9CA267","dark":"#31331F","saturated":"#777F2F","desaturated":"#585855","pastel":"#9EA08D","neon":"#C1D600"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive-green","name":"Olive Green","hex":"#708238","distance":25.45584412271571},{"slug":"cactus-green","name":"Cactus Green","hex":"#587156","distance":26.095976701399778},{"slug":"raw-umber","name":"Raw Umber","hex":"#826644","distance":26.758176320519304},{"slug":"dark-olive-green","name":"Dark Olive Green","hex":"#556B2F","distance":26.888659319497503},{"slug":"umber","name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","distance":27.910571473905726}]

HEX meaning and use

About #686C42

#686C42 is classified as a warm yellow value with muted and earth tone visual character. #686C42 is visually closest to Olive Green, a named green color with HEX #708238.

The RGB channels are 104, 108, and 66, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 66deg with 24% saturation and 34% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness 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 muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.1406, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 25.46, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.81:1AA Fail

White text5.51:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #686C42 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.81:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.51:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#31331F#FFFFFF text · best 12.93:1#31331F

#46426C#FFFFFF text · best 9.31:1#46426C

#9CA267#000000 text · best 7.78:1#9CA267

Umber#FFFFFF text · best 7.51:1#635147

#585855#FFFFFF text · best 7.14:1#585855

Generated Palette

#686C42#686C42

#46426C#46426C

#6C5B42#6C5B42

#536C42#536C42

#9CA267#9CA267

#31331F#31331F

Color Harmonies

#46426C#46426C

#6C5B42#6C5B42

#536C42#536C42

#42676C#42676C

#6C4267#6C4267

Variants

#9CA267#9CA267

#31331F#31331F

#777F2F#777F2F

#585855#585855

#9EA08D#9EA08D

#C1D600#C1D600

Nearest Named Colors

Olive Green#708238

Cactus Green#587156

Raw Umber#826644

Dark Olive Green#556B2F

Umber#635147

#686C42

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #686C42

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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