#696C55#696C55

#696C55 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.035 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696C55
RGB	rgb(105, 108, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 12%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 21%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 21.3%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, -5.51, 12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 13.68, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% -0.014 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.035 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8278, 14.3843, 10.6932)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696C55 #58556C

analogous

#6C6355 #696C55 #5D6C55

triadic

#696C55 #55696C #6C5569

tetradic

#696C55 #556C63 #58556C #6C555D

square

#696C55 #556C63 #58556C #6C555D

split-complementary

#696C55 #555D6C #63556C

monochromatic

#26281F #484A3A #696C55 #8A8E70 #A6A992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#696C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#696C55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696C55

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696C55	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C6966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 108, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.035 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#949685',
    500: '#696c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696c55;
$custom-light: #949685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 11.917,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52199,
    "c": 0.0349,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696C55

secondary

#878598

accent

#73B57C

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0D0D0B

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #696C55

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

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