#656239#656239

#656239 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.060 H 104.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656239
RGB	rgb(101, 98, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 43.6%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, -5.52, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 24.37, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% -0.0152 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.06 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4732, 11.7977, 5.5956)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656239 #393C65

analogous

#654C39 #656239 #526539

triadic

#656239 #396562 #623965

tetradic

#656239 #39654C #393C65 #653952

square

#656239 #39654C #393C65 #653952

split-complementary

#656239 #395265 #4C3965

monochromatic

#17160D #3E3C23 #656239 #8C884F #ACA86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#656239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#656239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656239

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656239	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A613B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B5D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 98, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.060 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#928e70',
    500: '#656239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656239;
$custom-light: #928e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 27.848,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48853,
    "c": 0.05965,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656239

secondary

#656895

accent

#6AC464

background

#F9F8F6

surface

#F1F0EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0D0C07

muted

#7E7D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656239

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

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