#656B2A#656B2A

#656B2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.088 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B2A
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 60.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.43, -12.20, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.43, 36.94, 109.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% -0.0359 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.088 114)
XYZ	xyz(11.0427, 13.4494, 4.2043)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B2A #302A6B

analogous

#6B512A #656B2A #456B2A

triadic

#656B2A #2A656B #6B2A65

tetradic

#656B2A #2A6B51 #302A6B #6B2A45

square

#656B2A #2A6B51 #302A6B #6B2A45

split-complementary

#656B2A #2A456B #512A6B

monochromatic

#151609 #3C3F19 #656B2A #8E973B #B2BC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#656B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#656B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B2A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B2A	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B655D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.088 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939566',
    500: '#656b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b2a;
$custom-light: #939566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 43.624,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50813,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.13449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B2A

secondary

#5A549D

accent

#54D360

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B2A

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

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