#696017#696017

#696017 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.091 H 102.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696017
RGB	rgb(105, 96, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 78.1%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.30, -5.34, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.30, 40.71, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.35% -0.019 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(48.35% 0.091 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1637, 11.4313, 2.4815)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696017 #172069

analogous

#693717 #696017 #496917

triadic

#696017 #176960 #601769

tetradic

#696017 #176937 #172069 #691749

square

#696017 #176937 #172069 #691749

split-complementary

#696017 #174969 #371769

monochromatic

#191705 #37320C #696017 #9B8E22 #CDBC2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#696017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#696017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696017

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696017	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#725952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 96, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.091 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978c5a',
    500: '#696017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696017;
$custom-light: #978c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.415,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4835,
    "c": 0.09088,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696017

secondary

#3D479F

accent

#53E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696017

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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