#456607

sRGB · 69 / 102 / 7

#456607 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 69 red, 102 green and 7 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 80.8° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 87.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 21.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.65:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 69, 102, 7
HSL: 80.84°, 87.16%, 21.37%
HSV / HSB: 80.84°, 93.14%, 40.00%
CMYK (approx.): 32.35%, 0.00%, 93.14%, 60.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 7.244, 10.783, 1.901
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 39.213, -25.997, 43.316
WCAG relative luminance: 0.10783
24-bit decimal: 4548103

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #456607 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.16:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 6.65:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#280766 sits half a turn (180°) from #456607 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#456607 #280766

Analogous

#665807 and #156607 sit 30° to either side of #456607. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#665807 #456607 #156607

Triadic

#456607, #074566 and #660745 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#456607 #074566 #660745

Split complementary

Start at #456607 and look across the wheel. #071566 and #580766 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#456607 #071566 #580766

Square

Starting with #456607, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #076658, #280766, then #660715. Across the square, #456607 pairs with #280766, and #076658 with #660715.

#456607 #076658 #280766 #660715

Tetradic

#456607 and #280766 are opposites, as are #076628 and #660745. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#456607 #076628 #280766 #660745

Tints

Mixing #456607 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6A8539, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAE0CD, the mixture is 80% white.

#456607 #6A8539 #8FA36A #B5C29C #DAE0CD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #456607 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #375206, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E1401, the mixture is 80% black.

#456607 #375206 #293D04 #1C2903 #0E1401 #000000

Tones

Mixing #456607 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #516B1F, keeps 80% of the original. By #747B68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#456607 #516B1F #5D7037 #687650 #747B68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#456607

RGB

rgb(69 102 7)

HSL

hsl(80.842 87.156% 21.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #456607;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#456607 uses 69 red, 102 green and 7 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 27.1%

Green 40.0%

Blue 2.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #456607 is 32.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 93.1% yellow and 60.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 32.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 93.1%

Black 60.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #446600. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #460 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #456607 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #336600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #446600 Nearest web-safe · #336600

Gradient to complement

#456607 #405617 #3B4627 #373737 #322746 #2D1756 #280766

Color vision previews

Compare how #456607 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#6B5E00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#675C14

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#486156

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#606000

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5E5F10

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#486435

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#5C5C5C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#526142

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.05951 G 0.13287 B 0.00212

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.29857 G 0.39651 B 0.11534

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.07253 G 0.13043 B 0.01257

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.364 y 0.541 Y 10.783

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 72.941 M % 60.000 Y % 97.255

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000101 01100110 00000111