#696216#696216

#696216 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.093 H 103.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696216
RGB	rgb(105, 98, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 79%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, -6.54, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 41.82, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% -0.0225 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.093 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3387, 11.7970, 2.4914)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696216 #161D69

analogous

#693916 #696216 #466916

triadic

#696216 #166962 #621669

tetradic

#696216 #166939 #161D69 #691646

square

#696216 #166939 #161D69 #691646

split-complementary

#696216 #164669 #391669

monochromatic

#191805 #36330B #696216 #9C9121 #CEC02B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#696216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#696216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696216

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696216	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 98, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.093 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978e5a',
    500: '#696216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696216;
$custom-light: #978e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.94,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48821,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696216

secondary

#3B449F

accent

#4EE83F

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696216

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

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