#696B57#696B57

#696B57 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.030 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B57
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 10%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(66, 19%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 18.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, -4.59, 10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 11.90, 112.68°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% -0.0114 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.03 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8035, 14.2069, 11.0827)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B57 #59576B

analogous

#6B6357 #696B57 #5F6B57

triadic

#696B57 #57696B #6B5769

tetradic

#696B57 #576B63 #59576B #6B575F

square

#696B57 #576B63 #59576B #6B575F

split-complementary

#696B57 #575F6B #63576B

monochromatic

#272720 #48493C #696B57 #8A8D72 #A6A894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#696B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#696B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B57

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B57	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.030 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949586',
    500: '#696b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b57;
$custom-light: #949586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 10.309,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52015,
    "c": 0.0304,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B57

secondary

#888797

accent

#75B37B

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B57

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

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