#656B21#656B21

#656B21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.096 H 113.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B21
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 69.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, -12.89, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 41.12, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% -0.0388 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.096 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8993, 13.3921, 3.4493)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B21 #27216B

analogous

#6B4C21 #656B21 #406B21

triadic

#656B21 #21656B #6B2165

tetradic

#656B21 #216B4C #27216B #6B2140

square

#656B21 #216B4C #27216B #6B2140

split-complementary

#656B21 #21406B #4C216B

monochromatic

#161707 #393C13 #656B21 #919A2F #BAC542

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#656B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#656B21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B21

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B21	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C655C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.096 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939561',
    500: '#656b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b21;
$custom-light: #939561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50718,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B21

secondary

#50499F

accent

#4CDC57

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B21

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

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