#656B40#656B40

#656B40 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.063 H 115.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B40
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 25%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(68, 40%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 40.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, -9.80, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 25.31, 112.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% -0.0268 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.063 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5500, 13.6524, 6.8762)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B40 #46406B

analogous

#6B5B40 #656B40 #4F6B40

triadic

#656B40 #40656B #6B4065

tetradic

#656B40 #406B5B #46406B #6B404F

square

#656B40 #406B5B #46406B #6B404F

split-complementary

#656B40 #404F6B #5B406B

monochromatic

#1D1E12 #414529 #656B40 #899157 #A6AE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#656B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#656B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B40

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B40	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.063 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919575',
    500: '#656b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b40;
$custom-light: #919575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.372,
    "s": 25.146,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51147,
    "c": 0.06316,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B40

secondary

#746E99

accent

#66C273

background

#F9F9F7

surface

#F1F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0D0D08

muted

#7E7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B40

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

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