#696617#696617

#696617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.097 H 107.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696617
RGB	rgb(105, 102, 23)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 78.1%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, -8.79, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 42.98, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0287 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.097 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7321, 12.5682, 2.6710)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696617 #171A69

analogous

#693D17 #696617 #436917

triadic

#696617 #176966 #661769

tetradic

#696617 #17693D #171A69 #691743

square

#696617 #17693D #171A69 #691743

split-complementary

#696617 #174369 #3D1769

monochromatic

#191805 #37350C #696617 #9B9722 #CDC82D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#696617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#696617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696617

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696617	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#715F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 102, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.097 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97915b',
    500: '#696617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696617;
$custom-light: #97915b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49789,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696617

secondary

#3D409F

accent

#47E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696617

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

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