#656B59#656B59

#656B59 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.028 H 122.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656B59
RGB	rgb(101, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(80, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 16.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.24, -5.87, 9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.24, 11.02, 122.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% -0.0152 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.028 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4275, 14.0034, 11.4975)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656B59 #5F596B

analogous

#6B6859 #656B59 #5C6B59

triadic

#656B59 #59656B #6B5965

tetradic

#656B59 #596B68 #5F596B #6B595C

square

#656B59 #596B68 #5F596B #6B595C

split-complementary

#656B59 #595C6B #68596B

monochromatic

#262821 #454A3D #656B59 #848C75 #A2A896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#656B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#656B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656B59

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656B59	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D695A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.028 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919588',
    500: '#656b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656b59;
$custom-light: #919588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51717,
    "c": 0.02847,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656B59

secondary

#8E8997

accent

#76B28A

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656B59

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

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