#696B4E#696B4E

#696B4E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.043 H 111.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B4E
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(64, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 27.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, -6.06, 16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 17.16, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% -0.0156 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.043 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4585, 14.0688, 9.2655)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B4E #504E6B

analogous

#6B5F4E #696B4E #5B6B4E

triadic

#696B4E #4E696B #6B4E69

tetradic

#696B4E #4E6B5F #504E6B #6B4E5B

square

#696B4E #4E6B5F #504E6B #6B4E5B

split-complementary

#696B4E #4E5B6B #5F4E6B

monochromatic

#24241A #464834 #696B4E #8C8E68 #A7AA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#696B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#696B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B4E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B4E	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70684C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70694F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D6763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.043 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94957f',
    500: '#696b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b4e;
$custom-light: #94957f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 15.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51795,
    "c": 0.04339,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B4E

secondary

#7F7E97

accent

#6FB874

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B4E

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

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