#696D17#696D17

#696D17 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	#696D17
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, -12.71, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 45.85, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% -0.0396 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.105 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4494, 14.0027, 2.9101)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D17 #1B176D

analogous

#6D4617 #696D17 #3E6D17

triadic

#696D17 #17696D #6D1769

tetradic

#696D17 #176D46 #1B176D #6D173E

square

#696D17 #176D46 #1B176D #6D173E

split-complementary

#696D17 #173E6D #46176D

monochromatic

#181905 #383A0C #696D17 #9AA022 #CAD22C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#696D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#696D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D17

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D17	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)

#766804

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.105 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97965c',
    500: '#696d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d17;
$custom-light: #97965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51493,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D17

secondary

#423DA3

accent

#40E848

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D17

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

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