#656A42#656A42

#656A42 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.059 H 114.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A42
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 23%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(68, 38%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 37.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, -8.96, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 23.61, 112.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% -0.0243 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.059 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5043, 13.4682, 7.1468)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A42 #47426A

analogous

#6A5B42 #656A42 #516A42

triadic

#656A42 #42656A #6A4265

tetradic

#656A42 #426A5B #47426A #6A4251

square

#656A42 #426A5B #47426A #6A4251

split-complementary

#656A42 #42516A #5B426A

monochromatic

#1D1F13 #41442B #656A42 #899059 #A6AC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#656A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#656A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A42

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A42	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.059 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919477',
    500: '#656a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a42;
$custom-light: #919477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50943,
    "c": 0.05905,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A42

secondary

#757098

accent

#68C073

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0D0D08

muted

#7E7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A42

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

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