#656217#656217

#656217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.093 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656217
RGB	rgb(101, 98, 23)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 77.2%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, -8.43, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 41.30, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% -0.0274 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.093 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8896, 11.5643, 2.5216)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656217 #171A65

analogous

#653B17 #656217 #416517

triadic

#656217 #176562 #621765

tetradic

#656217 #17653B #171A65 #651741

square

#656217 #17653B #171A65 #651741

split-complementary

#656217 #174165 #3B1765

monochromatic

#191806 #33320C #656217 #979222 #C9C32E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#656217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#656217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656217

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656217	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D5B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 98, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.093 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948e5a',
    500: '#656217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656217;
$custom-light: #948e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48431,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656217

secondary

#3C409B

accent

#48E642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0D0C04

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656217

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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