#696B49
Umber · medium warm yellow
About #696B49
With the hex code #696B49, this is a medium yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 41% red, 42% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 58% black. It reads as a warm colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Umber and Hunter Green — a ΔE of 18.2 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #4B496B, a eggplant shade.
In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.53:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.53:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #696B49?
With the hex code #696B49, this is a medium yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 41% red, 42% green and 29% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 58% black. It reads as a warm colour.
›What text colour should I use on #696B49?
Use white text. White on #696B49 has a contrast ratio of 5.53:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #696B49?
Its complementary colour is #4B496B, and analogous partners are #6B5C49 and #586B49.