#696D21#696D21

#696D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.098 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696D21
RGB	rgb(105, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 69.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, -12.14, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 41.93, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% -0.037 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.098 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5692, 14.0506, 3.5411)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696D21 #25216D

analogous

#6D4B21 #696D21 #436D21

triadic

#696D21 #21696D #6D2169

tetradic

#696D21 #216D4B #25216D #6D2143

square

#696D21 #216D4B #25216D #6D2143

split-complementary

#696D21 #21436D #4B216D

monochromatic

#171707 #3C3E13 #696D21 #969C2F #BFC642

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#696D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#696D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696D21

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696D21	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.098 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#969661',
    500: '#696d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696d21;
$custom-light: #969661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51569,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696D21

secondary

#4E49A1

accent

#4BDD53

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0E0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696D21

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

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