#696757#696757

#696757 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.025 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696757
RGB	rgb(105, 103, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 17.1%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, -2.25, 9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 9.59, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.08% -0.0048 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(51.08% 0.025 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3961, 13.3920, 10.9469)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696757 #575969

analogous

#695E57 #696757 #626957

triadic

#696757 #576967 #675769

tetradic

#696757 #57695E #575969 #695762

square

#696757 #57695E #575969 #695762

split-complementary

#696757 #576269 #5E5769

monochromatic

#262520 #48463B #696757 #8A8873 #A6A494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#696757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#696757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696757

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696757	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 103, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.025 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949286',
    500: '#696757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696757;
$custom-light: #949286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51083,
    "c": 0.02453,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696757

secondary

#868895

accent

#7CB275

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F1F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #696757

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

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