#696717#696717

#696717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.098 H 108.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696717
RGB	rgb(105, 103, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78.1%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, -9.35, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 43.37, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% -0.0303 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.098 108)
XYZ	xyz(10.8310, 12.7660, 2.7040)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696717 #171969

analogous

#693E17 #696717 #426917

triadic

#696717 #176967 #671769

tetradic

#696717 #17693E #171969 #691742

square

#696717 #17693E #171969 #691742

split-complementary

#696717 #174269 #3E1769

monochromatic

#191905 #37360C #696717 #9B9822 #CDC92D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#696717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#696717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696717

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696717	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#716058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 103, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.098 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97925b',
    500: '#696717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696717;
$custom-light: #97925b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50031,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.12766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696717

secondary

#3D3F9F

accent

#45E741

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0E0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696717

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

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