#656D16#656D16

#656D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.106 H 114.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D16
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -14.63, 43.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 46.34, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% -0.0448 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.106 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9806, 13.7621, 2.8368)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D16 #1E166D

analogous

#6D4916 #656D16 #396D16

triadic

#656D16 #16656D #6D1665

tetradic

#656D16 #166D49 #1E166D #6D1639

square

#656D16 #166D49 #1E166D #6D1639

split-complementary

#656D16 #16396D #49166D

monochromatic

#181905 #363A0C #656D16 #94A020 #C3D32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#656D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#656D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D16

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D16	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)

#756702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.106 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94965b',
    500: '#656d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d16;
$custom-light: #94965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.517,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51128,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D16

secondary

#453CA3

accent

#3EE94E

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0D0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D16

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

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