#656D39#656D39

#656D39 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.075 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D39
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 57)
HSL	hsl(69, 31%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(69, 48%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 47.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, -11.79, 27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 30.29, 112.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% -0.0331 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.075 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5741, 13.9995, 5.9625)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D39 #41396D

analogous

#6D5B39 #656D39 #4B6D39

triadic

#656D39 #39656D #6D3965

tetradic

#656D39 #396D5B #41396D #6D394B

square

#656D39 #396D5B #41396D #6D394B

split-complementary

#656D39 #394B6D #5B396D

monochromatic

#1B1D0F #404524 #656D39 #8A954E #A8B36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#656D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#656D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D39

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D39	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.075 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#929670',
    500: '#656d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d39;
$custom-light: #929670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 31.325,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51513,
    "c": 0.07477,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D39

secondary

#6E659D

accent

#60C870

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0D0D07

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D39

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

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