#656B23#656B23

#656B23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.095 H 113.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B23
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.37, -12.75, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.37, 40.23, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% -0.0382 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.095 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9282, 13.4036, 3.6013)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B23 #29236B

analogous

#6B4D23 #656B23 #416B23

triadic

#656B23 #23656B #6B2365

tetradic

#656B23 #236B4D #29236B #6B2341

square

#656B23 #236B4D #29236B #6B2341

split-complementary

#656B23 #23416B #4D236B

monochromatic

#161708 #393D14 #656B23 #919932 #B8C246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#656B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#656B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B23

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B23	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)

#73661A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C655C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.095 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939562',
    500: '#656b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b23;
$custom-light: #939562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50738,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B23

secondary

#524B9E

accent

#4EDA59

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F1EA

border

#CCCBC6

text

#0D0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B23

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

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