#656E37#656E37

#656E37 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.079 H 116.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E37
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 33%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(70, 50%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 50%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.51, -12.58, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.51, 31.92, 113.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% -0.0355 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.079 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6325, 14.1945, 5.7407)
Luminance	0.1419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E37 #40376E

analogous

#6E5B37 #656E37 #4A6E37

triadic

#656E37 #37656E #6E3765

tetradic

#656E37 #376E5B #40376E #6E374A

square

#656E37 #376E5B #40376E #6E374A

split-complementary

#656E37 #374A6E #5B376E

monochromatic

#1A1C0E #404523 #656E37 #8A974B #A9B56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#656E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#656E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E37

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E37	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A6961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.079 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92976f',
    500: '#656e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e37;
$custom-light: #92976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.818,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51726,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E37

secondary

#6D639E

accent

#5EC970

background

#F9F9F6

surface

#F1F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0D0D07

muted

#7E7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E37

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

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