HEX atlas value

#969069

#969069 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Moss Green. RGB 150, 144, 105, HSL 52° 18% 50%, luminance 0.2745; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm muted earth-tone

#969069 Sample readable text

HEX #969069

RGB rgb(150, 144, 105)

HSL hsl(52 18% 50%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 30, 41)

Luminance 0.2745

Contrast Black 6.49:1White 3.24:1

CSS

--color-969069: #969069;
.background-969069 { background-color: #969069; }
.text-969069 { color: #969069; }

HEX meaning and use

About #969069

#969069 is classified as a warm yellow value with muted and earth tone visual character. #969069 is visually closest to Moss Green, a named green color with HEX #8A9A5B.

The RGB channels are 150, 144, and 105, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 52deg with 18% saturation and 50% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.2745, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.98, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.49:1AA Pass

White text3.24:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #969069 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.49:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.24:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#BCB89F#BCB89F · #000000 text · best 10.5:1 #B3A54D#B3A54D · #000000 text · best 8.41:1 Moss Green#8A9A5B · #000000 text · best 6.85:1 #605C43#605C43 · #FFFFFF text · best 6.75:1 #869669#869669 · #000000 text · best 6.58:1

Generated Palette

#969069#969069

#696F96#696F96

Mocha#967969

#869669#869669

#BCB89F#BCB89F

#605C43#605C43

Color Harmonies

#696F96#696F96

Mocha#967969

#869669#869669

#699690#699690

#906996#906996

Variants

#BCB89F#BCB89F

#605C43#605C43

#B3A54D#B3A54D

Grey#808080

#C1C1BD#C1C1BD

#FFE229#FFE229

Nearest Named Colors

Moss Green#8A9A5B

Mocha#967969

Warm Gray#8A8378

Stone#8A817C

Titanium#878681

Luminance0.2745

Black text6.49:1AA Pass

White text3.24:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#969069","rgb":[150,144,105],"hsl":[52,18,50],"cmyk":[0,4,30,41],"luminance":0.2745,"contrast":{"black":6.49,"white":3.24}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.49,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.24,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#BCB89F","hex":"#BCB89F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.5,"contrastWhite":2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#B3A54D","hex":"#B3A54D","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.41,"contrastWhite":2.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Moss Green","hex":"#8A9A5B","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.85,"contrastWhite":3.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"#605C43","hex":"#605C43","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.11,"contrastWhite":6.75,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]},{"name":"#869669","hex":"#869669","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.58,"contrastWhite":3.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","muted","earth tone","muted yellow","earth tone yellow","Moss Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/969069.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/moss-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mocha.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/warm-gray.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#696F96","analogous":["#967969","#869669"],"triadic":["#699690","#906996"],"tetradic":["#699679","#696F96","#966986"],"splitComplementary":["#698696","#796996"],"monochromatic":["#BCB89F","#969069","#605C43"]}

Variants

{"light":"#BCB89F","dark":"#605C43","saturated":"#B3A54D","desaturated":"#808080","pastel":"#C1C1BD","neon":"#FFE229"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"moss-green","name":"Moss Green","hex":"#8A9A5B","distance":20.97617696340303},{"slug":"mocha","name":"Mocha","hex":"#967969","distance":23},{"slug":"warm-gray","name":"Warm Gray","hex":"#8A8378","distance":23.194827009486403},{"slug":"stone","name":"Stone","hex":"#8A817C","distance":27.018512172212592},{"slug":"titanium","name":"Titanium","hex":"#878681","distance":30.01666203960727}]

#969069

CSS

About #969069

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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