#696B59#696B59

#696B59 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.027 H 112.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696B59
RGB	rgb(105, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, -4.24, 9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 10.72, 113.28°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% -0.0105 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.027 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8864, 14.2400, 11.5190)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696B59 #5B596B

analogous

#6B6459 #696B59 #606B59

triadic

#696B59 #59696B #6B5969

tetradic

#696B59 #596B64 #5B596B #6B5960

square

#696B59 #596B64 #5B596B #6B5960

split-complementary

#696B59 #59606B #64596B

monochromatic

#272821 #484A3D #696B59 #8A8C75 #A6A896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#696B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#696B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696B59

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696B59	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.027 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949588',
    500: '#696b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696b59;
$custom-light: #949588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52068,
    "c": 0.02746,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696B59

secondary

#8A8997

accent

#76B27C

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #696B59

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

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