#656E56#656E56

#656E56 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.038 H 124.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E56
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 12%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(83, 22%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.07, -8.13, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.07, 14.72, 123.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% -0.0215 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.038 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6223, 14.5904, 10.9536)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E56 #5F566E

analogous

#6E6B56 #656E56 #596E56

triadic

#656E56 #56656E #6E5665

tetradic

#656E56 #566E6B #5F566E #6E5659

square

#656E56 #566E6B #5F566E #6E5659

split-complementary

#656E56 #56596E #6B566E

monochromatic

#262920 #454C3B #656E56 #849071 #A2AB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#656E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#656E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E56

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E56	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676C67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.038 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919785',
    500: '#656e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e56;
$custom-light: #919785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 12.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52353,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E56

secondary

#8E8699

accent

#73B58C

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2EF

border

#CBCCCA

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E56

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

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