#656B22#656B22

#656B22 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	#656B22
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 68.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, -12.83, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 40.68, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% -0.0385 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.096 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9135, 13.3978, 3.5242)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B22 #28226B

analogous

#6B4D22 #656B22 #406B22

triadic

#656B22 #22656B #6B2265

tetradic

#656B22 #226B4D #28226B #6B2240

square

#656B22 #226B4D #28226B #6B2240

split-complementary

#656B22 #22406B #4D226B

monochromatic

#161707 #393D13 #656B22 #919931 #B9C444

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#656B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#656B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B22

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B22	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)

#736618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C655C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.096 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939561',
    500: '#656b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b22;
$custom-light: #939561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50728,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B22

secondary

#514A9F

accent

#4DDB58

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B22

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

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