#696D16#696D16

#696D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.105 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D16
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, -12.75, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 46.20, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% -0.0398 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.105 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4395, 13.9987, 2.8583)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D16 #1A166D

analogous

#6D4516 #696D16 #3D6D16

triadic

#696D16 #16696D #6D1669

tetradic

#696D16 #166D45 #1A166D #6D163D

square

#696D16 #166D45 #1A166D #6D163D

split-complementary

#696D16 #163D6D #45166D

monochromatic

#191905 #383A0C #696D16 #9AA020 #CBD32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#696D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#696D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D16

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D16	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.105 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97965b',
    500: '#696d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d16;
$custom-light: #97965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.759,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51486,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D16

secondary

#403CA3

accent

#3EE946

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D16

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

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