#656E18#656E18

#656E18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.106 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E18
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 24)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 78.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, -15.07, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 46.09, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% -0.0458 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.106 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1079, 13.9847, 2.9781)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E18 #21186E

analogous

#6E4C18 #656E18 #3A6E18

triadic

#656E18 #18656E #6E1865

tetradic

#656E18 #186E4C #21186E #6E183A

square

#656E18 #186E4C #21186E #6E183A

split-complementary

#656E18 #183A6E #4C186E

monochromatic

#171905 #373C0D #656E18 #93A023 #C1D22F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#656E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#656E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E18

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E18	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)

#766805

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C675E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.106 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94975c',
    500: '#656e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e18;
$custom-light: #94975c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.279,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5139,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E18

secondary

#493EA4

accent

#41E752

background

#F9F9F5

surface

#F2F2E9

border

#CCCCC5

text

#0D0D04

muted

#7E7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E18

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

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