#656D59#656D59

#656D59 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.032 H 125.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656D59
RGB	rgb(101, 109, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(84, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, -7.02, 10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 12.36, 124.64°)
OKLab	oklab(52.19% -0.0185 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(52.19% 0.032 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6384, 14.4252, 11.5678)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656D59 #61596D

analogous

#6D6B59 #656D59 #5B6D59

triadic

#656D59 #59656D #6D5965

tetradic

#656D59 #596D6B #61596D #6D595B

square

#656D59 #596D6B #61596D #6D595B

split-complementary

#656D59 #595B6D #6B596D

monochromatic

#272A22 #464B3D #656D59 #848E75 #A2AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#656D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#656D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656D59

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656D59	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#666B67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 109, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.032 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919688',
    500: '#656d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656d59;
$custom-light: #919688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52192,
    "c": 0.03202,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656D59

secondary

#8F8999

accent

#75B38E

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2EF

border

#CBCCCA

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656D59

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

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