#656B17#656B17

#656B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.103 H 113.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B17
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, -13.48, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 45.10, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% -0.0415 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.103 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7795, 13.3442, 2.8183)
Luminance	0.1334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B17 #1D176B

analogous

#6B4717 #656B17 #3B6B17

triadic

#656B17 #17656B #6B1765

tetradic

#656B17 #176B47 #1D176B #6B173B

square

#656B17 #176B47 #1D176B #6B173B

split-complementary

#656B17 #173B6B #47176B

monochromatic

#181905 #35390C #656B17 #959D22 #C4D02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#656B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#656B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B17

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B17	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C645B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.103 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94955c',
    500: '#656b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b17;
$custom-light: #94955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50639,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B17

secondary

#443DA1

accent

#40E84C

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0D0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B17

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

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