#696959

Color #696959

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.54 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#696959

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 89)

HSL

hsl(60, 8.2%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 15.2%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.2%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(43.98, -3.07, 9.02)

LCH

lch(43.98, 9.53, 108.8)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0244, 107.17)

HWB

hwb(60, 34.9%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#595969

Analogous

#696159

#696959

#616959

Triadic

#696959

#596969

#695969

Split-complementary

#696959

#596169

#615969

Tetradic

#696959

#596959

#595969

#695969

Square

#696959

#596961

#595969

#695961

Shades

Color #696959 mixed toward black.

#57574a

#46463b

#34342c

#23231e

#11110f

Tints

Color #696959 mixed toward white.

#858571

#9e9e8d

#b6b6a9

#cfcfc6

#e7e7e2

Tones

Color #696959 mixed toward gray.

#68685a

#66665c

#65655d

#64645e

#626260

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.58:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#69695d · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#69695e · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#696061 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 8.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #696959;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696959]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#696959 (#696959) is rgb(105, 105, 89) in RGB.

No, #696959 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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