Palettes / Colors / #687208

#687208 — Deep Vivid Yellow

#687208 is a yellow color we call Deep Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #687208 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#687208 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #130872; it also sits naturally between #724808 and #337208. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 41% · Green 45% · Blue 3%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 93% · Key 55%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #687208

.text { color: #687208; }
.background { background-color: #687208; }
.border { border: 3px solid #687208; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(104, 114, 8); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 87%, 24%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #687208; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(104, 114, 8, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #687208; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(104, 114, 8, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#687208">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#687208">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #130872:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #687208: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #687208

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #687208 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #687208 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #687207  ·  #687209 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #687208?

#687208 is Deep Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 104, 114, 8). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #687208?

#687208 is RGB 104, 114, 8 — HSL 66°, 87%, 24% — CMYK 9%, 0%, 93%, 55%.

What colors go with #687208?

Its complement is #130872; analogous partners are #724808 and #337208. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #687208 for text?

White text on #687208 has a contrast ratio of 5.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.00:1.