#698E21

sRGB: 105 / 142 / 33

#698E21 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 105 red, 142 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 80.4° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 62.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 34.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.49:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 105, 142, 33
HSL: 80.37°, 62.29%, 34.31%
HSV / HSB: 80.37°, 76.76%, 55.69%
CMYK (approx.): 26.06%, 0.00%, 76.76%, 44.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 15.773, 22.459, 4.943
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.510, -29.160, 50.229
WCAG relative luminance: 0.22459
24-bit decimal: 6917665

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 #698E21 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: 5.49:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.82:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

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

#46218E sits half a turn (180°) from #698E21 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.

#698E21 #46218E

Analogous

#8E7D21 and #338E21 sit 30° to either side of #698E21. 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.

#8E7D21 #698E21 #338E21

Triadic

#698E21, #21698E and #8E2169 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#698E21 #21698E #8E2169

Split complementary

Start at #698E21 and look across the wheel. #21338E and #7D218E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#698E21 #21338E #7D218E

Square

Starting with #698E21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #218E7D, #46218E, then #8E2132. Across the square, #698E21 pairs with #46218E, and #218E7D with #8E2132.

#698E21 #218E7D #46218E #8E2132

Tetradic

#698E21 and #46218E are opposites, as are #218E46 and #8E2169. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#698E21 #218E46 #46218E #8E2169

Tints

Mixing #698E21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #87A54D, keeps 80% of the original. By #E1E8D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#698E21 #87A54D #A5BB7A #C3D2A6 #E1E8D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #698E21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #54721A, keeps 80% of the original. By #151C07, the mixture is 80% black.

#698E21 #54721A #3F5514 #2A390D #151C07 #000000

Tones

Mixing #698E21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6E8B34, keeps 80% of the original. By #7B836D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#698E21 #6E8B34 #728847 #77865A #7B836D #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

#698E21

RGB

rgb(105 142 33)

HSL

hsl(80.367 62.286% 34.314%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #698E21;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#698E21 uses 105 red, 142 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 41.2%

Green 55.7%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #698E21 is 26.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 76.8% yellow and 44.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 26.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 76.8%

Black 44.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #668822. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #682 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #698E21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #669933, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #668822 Nearest web-safe: #669933

Gradient to complement

#698E21 #637C33 #5D6A45 #585858 #52456A #4C337C #46218E

Color vision previews

Compare how #698E21 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.

#968408

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.

#91822C

Tritanopia

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

#6D8779

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.

#888719

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.

#868628

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#6C8B50

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#828282

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.

#778861

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 0.27050 B 0.01521

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 0.44197 G 0.55280 B 0.20859

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.16421 G 0.26621 B 0.03584

CIE xyY

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

x 0.365 y 0.520 Y 22.459

CMY

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

C % 58.824 M % 44.314 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

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

01101001 10001110 00100001