#656B27#656B27

#656B27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.091 H 113.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B27
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 63.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, -12.45, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 38.39, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% -0.0369 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.091 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9910, 13.4288, 3.9321)
Luminance	0.1343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B27 #2D276B

analogous

#6B4F27 #656B27 #436B27

triadic

#656B27 #27656B #6B2765

tetradic

#656B27 #276B4F #2D276B #6B2743

square

#656B27 #276B4F #2D276B #6B2743

split-complementary

#656B27 #27436B #4F276B

monochromatic

#151608 #3B3E17 #656B27 #8F9837 #B5BE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#656B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#656B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B27

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B27	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73661F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B655D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.091 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939564',
    500: '#656b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b27;
$custom-light: #939564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 46.575,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50779,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B27

secondary

#57509E

accent

#52D65D

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B27

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

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