#656D21#656D21

#656D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.099 H 115.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D21
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 69.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, -14.00, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 42.07, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(51.21% -0.0419 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(51.21% 0.099 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1103, 13.8140, 3.5196)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D21 #29216D

analogous

#6D4F21 #656D21 #3F6D21

triadic

#656D21 #21656D #6D2165

tetradic

#656D21 #216D4F #29216D #6D213F

square

#656D21 #216D4F #29216D #6D213F

split-complementary

#656D21 #213F6D #4F216D

monochromatic

#161707 #393E13 #656D21 #919C2F #B8C642

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#656D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#656D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D21

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D21	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.099 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939661',
    500: '#656d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d21;
$custom-light: #939661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51213,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D21

secondary

#5249A1

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2EA

border

#CCCCC6

text

#0D0D05

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D21

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

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