#697C39

sRGB: 105 / 124 / 57

Crystal visions surge toward distant shores
Hidden pathways thunder through timeless canyons
Fleeting moments reveal unspoken wonders

#697C39 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 105 red, 124 green and 57 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 77.0° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 37.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 35.5% 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 (4.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 105, 124, 57
HSL: 77.01°, 37.02%, 35.49%
HSV / HSB: 77.01°, 54.03%, 48.63%
CMYK (approx.): 15.32%, 0.00%, 54.03%, 51.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.771, 17.714, 6.565
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 49.147, -18.193, 33.905
WCAG relative luminance: 0.17714
24-bit decimal: 6913081

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 #697C39 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: 4.54:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.62:1

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.

Reference: 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

#4C397C sits half a turn (180°) from #697C39 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.

#697C39 #4C397C

Analogous

#7C6E39 and #477C39 sit 30° to either side of #697C39. 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.

#7C6E39 #697C39 #477C39

Triadic

#697C39, #39697C and #7C3969 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#697C39 #39697C #7C3969

Split complementary

Start at #697C39 and look across the wheel. #39477C and #6E397C sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#697C39 #39477C #6E397C

Square

Starting with #697C39, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #397C6E, #4C397C, then #7C3947. Across the square, #697C39 pairs with #4C397C, and #397C6E with #7C3947.

#697C39 #397C6E #4C397C #7C3947

Tetradic

#697C39 and #4C397C are opposites, as are #397C4C and #7C3969. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#697C39 #397C4C #4C397C #7C3969

Tints

Mixing #697C39 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #879661, keeps 80% of the original. By #E1E5D7, the mixture is 80% white.

#697C39 #879661 #A5B088 #C3CBB0 #E1E5D7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #697C39 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #54632E, keeps 80% of the original. By #15190B, the mixture is 80% black.

#697C39 #54632E #3F4A22 #2A3217 #15190B #000000

Tones

Mixing #697C39 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6E7D47, keeps 80% of the original. By #7B7F72, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#697C39 #6E7D47 #727E55 #777E64 #7B7F72 #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

#697C39

RGB

rgb(105 124 57)

HSL

hsl(77.015 37.017% 35.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #697C39;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#697C39 uses 105 red, 124 green and 57 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 41.2%

Green 48.6%

Blue 22.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #697C39 is 15.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 54.0% yellow and 51.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 15.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 54.0%

Black 51.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #667733. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #673 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #697C39 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #666633, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #667733 Nearest web-safe: #666633

Gradient to complement

#697C39 #647144 #5F664F #5B5B5B #564F66 #514471 #4C397C

Color vision previews

Compare how #697C39 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.

#837533

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.

#80753D

Tritanopia

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

#6E766D

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.

#7A7836

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.

#7A773B

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#6B7A51

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#757575

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.

#6F785D

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.14126 G 0.20156 B 0.04092

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 0.42619 G 0.48403 B 0.25829

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.15197 G 0.19955 B 0.05426

CIE xyY

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

x 0.362 y 0.466 Y 17.714

CMY

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

C % 58.824 M % 51.373 Y % 77.647

Binary RGB

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

01101001 01111100 00111001