#656E27#656E27

#656E27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.095 H 115.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E27
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 64.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, -14.10, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 39.89, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% -0.0416 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.095 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3092, 14.0652, 4.0382)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E27 #30276E

analogous

#6E5427 #656E27 #426E27

triadic

#656E27 #27656E #6E2765

tetradic

#656E27 #276E54 #30276E #6E2742

square

#656E27 #276E54 #30276E #6E2742

split-complementary

#656E27 #27426E #54276E

monochromatic

#151708 #3C4117 #656E27 #8E9B37 #B2C14F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#656E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#656E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E27

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E27	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76681E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75692C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B685F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.095 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939765',
    500: '#656e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e27;
$custom-light: #939765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.606,
    "s": 47.651,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51519,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E27

secondary

#5A50A1

accent

#51D762

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E27

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

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