#656E57#656E57

#656E57 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.037 H 125.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656E57
RGB	rgb(101, 110, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 12%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(83, 21%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 20.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, -7.95, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 14.16, 124.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% -0.021 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.037 125)
XYZ	xyz(12.6628, 14.6066, 11.1672)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656E57 #60576E

analogous

#6E6B57 #656E57 #596E57

triadic

#656E57 #57656E #6E5765

tetradic

#656E57 #576E6B #60576E #6E5759

square

#656E57 #576E6B #60576E #6E5759

split-complementary

#656E57 #57596E #6B576E

monochromatic

#262A21 #464C3C #656E57 #849072 #A2AB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#656E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#656E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656E57

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656E57	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)

#716B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#676C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 110, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.037 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919786',
    500: '#656e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656e57;
$custom-light: #919786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.478,
    "s": 11.675,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52379,
    "c": 0.03661,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.14607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656E57

secondary

#8E8799

accent

#73B58D

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F2EF

border

#CBCCCA

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656E57

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

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