#656E17#656E17

#656E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.107 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E17
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 79.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, -15.12, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 46.44, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% -0.0461 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.107 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0977, 13.9806, 2.9244)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E17 #20176E

analogous

#6E4B17 #656E17 #396E17

triadic

#656E17 #17656E #6E1765

tetradic

#656E17 #176E4B #20176E #6E1739

square

#656E17 #176E4B #20176E #6E1739

split-complementary

#656E17 #17396E #4B176E

monochromatic

#171905 #373B0C #656E17 #93A122 #C2D32C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#656E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#656E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E17

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E17	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)

#766803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.107 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94975c',
    500: '#656e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e17;
$custom-light: #94975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51383,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E17

secondary

#483DA4

accent

#3FE851

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0D0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E17

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

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