#656A55#656A55

#656A55 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.033 H 118.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656A55
RGB	rgb(101, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 11%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(74, 20%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 19.8%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, -6.00, 11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 12.68, 118.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% -0.0155 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.033 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1604, 13.7307, 10.6022)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656A55 #5A556A

analogous

#6A6555 #656A55 #5A6A55

triadic

#656A55 #55656A #6A5565

tetradic

#656A55 #556A65 #5A556A #6A555A

square

#656A55 #556A65 #5A556A #6A555A

split-complementary

#656A55 #555A6A #65556A

monochromatic

#24261F #45483A #656A55 #858C70 #A2A892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#656A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#656A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656A55

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656A55	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.033 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919485',
    500: '#656a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656a55;
$custom-light: #919485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.286,
    "s": 10.995,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51374,
    "c": 0.03256,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656A55

secondary

#898596

accent

#74B483

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656A55

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

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