#696960

Color #696960

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 5.37 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#696960

RGB

rgb(105, 105, 96)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.5%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 8.6%, 41.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.6%, 58.8%)

LAB

lab(44.16, -1.78, 5.06)

LCH

lch(44.16, 5.36, 109.38)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0138, 106.86)

HWB

hwb(60, 37.6%, 58.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#606069

Analogous

#696460

#696960

#646960

Triadic

#696960

#606969

#696069

Split-complementary

#696960

#606469

#646069

Tetradic

#696960

#606960

#606069

#696069

Square

#696960

#606964

#606069

#696064

Shades

Color #696960 mixed toward black.

#575750

#464640

#343430

#232320

#111110

Tints

Color #696960 mixed toward white.

#848479

#9d9d93

#b5b5ae

#cecec9

#e6e6e4

Tones

Color #696960 mixed toward gray.

#686861

#676761

#676762

#666663

#656564

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.79:1

White text reads better on this background (5.54:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696962 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#696963 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#696464 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 5.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696960;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696960]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#696960 (#696960) is rgb(105, 105, 96) in RGB.

No, #696960 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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