#696b58

Color #696b58

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 11.31 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#696b58

RGB

rgb(105, 107, 88)

HSL

hsl(66.3, 9.7%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.3, 17.8%, 42%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 17.8%, 58%)

LAB

lab(44.55, -4.41, 10.41)

LCH

lch(44.55, 11.31, 112.96)

OKLCH

oklch(52%, 0.029, 112.32)

HWB

hwb(66.3, 34.5%, 58%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5a586b

Analogous

#6b6358

#696b58

#5f6b58

Triadic

#696b58

#58696b

#6b5869

Split-complementary

#696b58

#585f6b

#63586b

Tetradic

#696b58

#586b5a

#5a586b

#6b5869

Square

#696b58

#586b63

#5a586b

#6b585f

Shades

Color #696b58 mixed toward black.

#575949

#46473b

#34352c

#23241d

#11120f

Tints

Color #696b58 mixed toward white.

#858870

#9ea08c

#b6b8a9

#ced0c5

#e7e7e2

Tones

Color #696b58 mixed toward gray.

#68695a

#66685b

#65665d

#64655e

#636360

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.84:1

White text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a5d · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#6a6a5e · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#696162 · ΔE 13.7

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 9.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #696b58;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#696b58]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#696b58 (#696b58) is rgb(105, 107, 88) in RGB.

No, #696b58 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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