#659D21#659D21

#659D21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.161 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659D21
RGB	rgb(101, 157, 33)
HSL	hsl(87, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(87, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -37.61, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 66.10, 124.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.1066 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.161 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6981, 26.9897, 5.7156)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659D21 #59219D

analogous

#9D9721 #659D21 #279D21

triadic

#659D21 #21659D #9D2165

tetradic

#659D21 #219D97 #59219D #9D2127

square

#659D21 #219D97 #59219D #9D2127

split-complementary

#659D21 #21279D #97219D

monochromatic

#24380C #446A16 #659D21 #86D02C #A2DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#659D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#659D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659D21

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659D21	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#679686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 157, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.161 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ba67',
    500: '#659d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659d21;
$custom-light: #96ba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.097,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63363,
    "c": 0.16077,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659D21

secondary

#8859C1

accent

#40E88C

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F2F6EB

border

#CCD0C6

text

#0E1106

muted

#7E807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #659D21

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

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