#696E17#696E17

#696E17 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 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#696E17
RGB	rgb(105, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.54, -13.26, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.54, 46.28, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% -0.0411 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.106 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5567, 14.2172, 2.9459)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#696E17 #1C176E

analogous

#6E4717 #696E17 #3D6E17

triadic

#696E17 #17696E #6E1769

tetradic

#696E17 #176E47 #1C176E #6E173D

square

#696E17 #176E47 #1C176E #6E173D

split-complementary

#696E17 #173D6E #47176E

monochromatic

#181905 #393B0C #696E17 #99A122 #C9D32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#696E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#696E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #696E17

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##696E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##696E17	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #696e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.106 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97975c',
    500: '#696e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #696e17;
$custom-light: #97975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#696e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.448,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51738,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#696E17

secondary

#433DA4

accent

#3FE849

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #696E17

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

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