#656E15#656E15

#656E15 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.108 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E15
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 21)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 80.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.19, -15.22, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.19, 47.12, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% -0.0465 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.108 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0784, 13.9729, 2.8228)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E15 #1E156E

analogous

#6E4A15 #656E15 #396E15

triadic

#656E15 #15656E #6E1565

tetradic

#656E15 #156E4A #1E156E #6E1539

square

#656E15 #156E4A #1E156E #6E1539

split-complementary

#656E15 #15396E #4A156E

monochromatic

#181A05 #363B0B #656E15 #94A11F #C3D529

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#656E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#656E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E15

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E15	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.108 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94975b',
    500: '#656e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e15;
$custom-light: #94975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.067,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51371,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E15

secondary

#453AA4

accent

#3DEB4F

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0D0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E15

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

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