#656B49#656B49

#656B49 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.051 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B49
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(71, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 31.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -8.53, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 20.23, 114.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% -0.0227 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.051 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8271, 13.7632, 8.3355)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B49 #4F496B

analogous

#6B6049 #656B49 #546B49

triadic

#656B49 #49656B #6B4965

tetradic

#656B49 #496B60 #4F496B #6B4954

square

#656B49 #496B60 #4F496B #6B4954

split-complementary

#656B49 #49546B #60496B

monochromatic

#202217 #434730 #656B49 #878F62 #A4AB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#656B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#656B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B49

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B49	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#696762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.051 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91957c',
    500: '#656b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b49;
$custom-light: #91957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51328,
    "c": 0.05118,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B49

secondary

#7E7898

accent

#6CBC7A

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0D0D09

muted

#7D7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B49

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

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