#656C27#656C27

#656C27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.092 H 114.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656C27
RGB	rgb(101, 108, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 63.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, -13.00, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 38.88, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% -0.0385 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.092 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0958, 13.6385, 3.9670)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656C27 #2E276C

analogous

#6C5127 #656C27 #436C27

triadic

#656C27 #27656C #6C2765

tetradic

#656C27 #276C51 #2E276C #6C2743

square

#656C27 #276C51 #2E276C #6C2743

split-complementary

#656C27 #27436C #51276C

monochromatic

#151608 #3B3F17 #656C27 #8F9937 #B4BF4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#656C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#656C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656C27

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656C27	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)

#74671F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 108, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.092 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939664',
    500: '#656c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656c27;
$custom-light: #939664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.087,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51025,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656C27

secondary

#58509F

accent

#51D75F

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656C27

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

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