#656E2A#656E2A

#656E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.092 H 116.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E2A
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.36, -13.86, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.36, 38.48, 111.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% -0.0405 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.092 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3609, 14.0859, 4.3104)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E2A #332A6E

analogous

#6E552A #656E2A #436E2A

triadic

#656E2A #2A656E #6E2A65

tetradic

#656E2A #2A6E55 #332A6E #6E2A43

square

#656E2A #2A6E55 #332A6E #6E2A43

split-complementary

#656E2A #2A436E #552A6E

monochromatic

#141608 #3C4219 #656E2A #8E9A3B #B0BE55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#656E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#656E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E2A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E2A	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75692E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B685F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.092 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939766',
    500: '#656e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e2a;
$custom-light: #939766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51552,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E2A

secondary

#5E54A0

accent

#53D464

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0D0D06

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E2A

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

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