#656E16#656E16

#656E16 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	#656E16
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 80%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -15.17, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 46.78, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% -0.0463 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.108 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0879, 13.9767, 2.8726)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E16 #1F166E

analogous

#6E4B16 #656E16 #396E16

triadic

#656E16 #16656E #6E1665

tetradic

#656E16 #166E4B #1F166E #6E1639

square

#656E16 #166E4B #1F166E #6E1639

split-complementary

#656E16 #16396E #4B166E

monochromatic

#171A05 #363B0C #656E16 #94A120 #C3D42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#656E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#656E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E16

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E16	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)

#766801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.108 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94975b',
    500: '#656e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e16;
$custom-light: #94975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.136,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51377,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E16

secondary

#463CA4

accent

#3EEA50

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0D0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E16

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

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