#696E16#696E16

#696E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.106 H 112.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E16
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, -13.30, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 46.63, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% -0.0413 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.106 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5468, 14.2133, 2.8941)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E16 #1B166E

analogous

#6E4716 #696E16 #3D6E16

triadic

#696E16 #16696E #6E1669

tetradic

#696E16 #166E47 #1B166E #6E163D

square

#696E16 #166E47 #1B166E #6E163D

split-complementary

#696E16 #163D6E #47166E

monochromatic

#181A05 #383B0C #696E16 #9AA120 #CAD42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#696E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#696E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E16

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E16	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.106 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97975c',
    500: '#696e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e16;
$custom-light: #97975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.409,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51732,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E16

secondary

#423CA4

accent

#3EEA48

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E16

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

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