Colour

#696C4F

#696C4F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#696C4F is a yellow with RGB values 105, 108, 79 and HSL 66°, 16%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#696C4F#696C4F

HEX#696C4F

RGBrgb(105, 108, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.4235, 0.3098

RGB percentages41.2%, 42.4%, 31%

HSLhsl(66.2, 15.5%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.2, 26.9%, 42.4%)

CMYK2.8%, 0%, 26.9%, 57.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,909,007

CSS custom property--colour: #696C4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14293WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.44:1

Contrast with white5.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#9693B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#70694Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#706A50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6D6964no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.86:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 17.2 Gray · ΔE 19.3 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 19.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.3 Slate grey · ΔE 28 Light slate grey · ΔE 29.6

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 17.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#524F6C

Analogous#6C614F, #5B6C4F

Triadic#4F696C, #6C4F69

Split complementary#4F5A6C, #614F6C

Tetradic#4F6C61, #524F6C, #6C4F5B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#CBCDBA

Lighter +30%#B4B79D

Lighter +20%#9EA27F

Lighter +10%#868965

Darker −10%#4C4F39

Darker −20%#303124

Darker −30%#13140E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C8338

Less saturated −25%#5E5E5E

Channel breakdown

R105

G108

B79

Red105 (41.2%)

Green108 (42.4%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue66.21°

Saturation (HSL)15.51%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 69 · G 6C · B 4F

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