#656A49#656A49

#656A49 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.050 H 115.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A49
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(69, 31%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 31.1%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, -7.96, 17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 19.62, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% -0.0211 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.05 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7234, 13.5559, 8.3010)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A49 #4E496A

analogous

#6A5F49 #656A49 #546A49

triadic

#656A49 #49656A #6A4965

tetradic

#656A49 #496A5F #4E496A #6A4954

square

#656A49 #496A5F #4E496A #6A4954

split-complementary

#656A49 #49546A #5F496A

monochromatic

#202217 #424630 #656A49 #888E62 #A4AA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#656A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#656A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A49

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A49	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E674A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.050 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91947c',
    500: '#656a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a49;
$custom-light: #91947c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 18.436,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51088,
    "c": 0.04961,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A49

secondary

#7D7897

accent

#6DBB79

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D09

muted

#7D7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A49

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

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