#656B2B#656B2B

#656B2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.087 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B2B
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, -12.11, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 36.45, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% -0.0355 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.087 114)
XYZ	xyz(11.0608, 13.4567, 4.2998)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B2B #312B6B

analogous

#6B512B #656B2B #456B2B

triadic

#656B2B #2B656B #6B2B65

tetradic

#656B2B #2B6B51 #312B6B #6B2B45

square

#656B2B #2B6B51 #312B6B #6B2B45

split-complementary

#656B2B #2B456B #512B6B

monochromatic

#151609 #3C3F19 #656B2B #8E973D #B1BB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#656B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#656B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B2B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B2B	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)

#726624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B655D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.087 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939567',
    500: '#656b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b2b;
$custom-light: #939567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 42.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50825,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.13457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B2B

secondary

#5C559D

accent

#55D261

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B2B

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

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