#656B45#656B45

#656B45 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.057 H 115.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B45
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 22%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(69, 36%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 35.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, -9.12, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 22.50, 113.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% -0.0246 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.057 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6987, 13.7119, 7.6594)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B45 #4B456B

analogous

#6B5E45 #656B45 #526B45

triadic

#656B45 #45656B #6B4565

tetradic

#656B45 #456B5E #4B456B #6B4552

square

#656B45 #456B5E #4B456B #6B4552

split-complementary

#656B45 #45526B #5E456B

monochromatic

#1F2115 #42462D #656B45 #88905D #A5AC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#656B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#656B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B45

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B45	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.057 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919579',
    500: '#656b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b45;
$custom-light: #919579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 21.591,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51245,
    "c": 0.0566,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B45

secondary

#797498

accent

#6ABE77

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0D0D09

muted

#7D7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B45

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →