#659E21#659E21

#659E21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.162 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659E21
RGB	rgb(101, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(87, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(87, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 0%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -38.05, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 66.60, 124.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.1078 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.162 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8680, 27.3295, 5.7722)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659E21 #5A219E

analogous

#9E9921 #659E21 #279E21

triadic

#659E21 #21659E #9E2165

tetradic

#659E21 #219E99 #5A219E #9E2127

square

#659E21 #219E99 #5A219E #9E2127

split-complementary

#659E21 #21279E #99219E

monochromatic

#24390C #456B16 #659E21 #85D12C #A2DD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#659E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#659E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659E21

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659E21	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#679787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.162 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bb67',
    500: '#659e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659e21;
$custom-light: #96bb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.36,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63618,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659E21

secondary

#8959C1

accent

#3FE88C

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F2F6EB

border

#CCD0C6

text

#0E1207

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #659E21

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

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