#656E12#656E12

#656E12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.110 H 115.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E12
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 18)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, -15.34, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 48.06, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% -0.0471 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.11 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0523, 13.9624, 2.6849)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E12 #1B126E

analogous

#6E4912 #656E12 #376E12

triadic

#656E12 #12656E #6E1265

tetradic

#656E12 #126E49 #1B126E #6E1237

square

#656E12 #126E49 #1B126E #6E1237

split-complementary

#656E12 #12376E #49126E

monochromatic

#181A04 #353909 #656E12 #95A31B #C6D723

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#656E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#656E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E12

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E12	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C675D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.110 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94975a',
    500: '#656e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e12;
$custom-light: #94975a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.87,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51354,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E12

secondary

#4137A5

accent

#39EF4B

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0E0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E12

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

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