HEX atlas value

#656E02

#656E02 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Avocado. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 101, 110, 2, HSL 65, 96%, 22%, has luminance 0.1392, and belongs to the dark group.

yellow warm dark

#656E02 Sample readable text

HEX #656E02

RGB rgb(101, 110, 2)

HSL hsl(65 96% 22%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 0, 98, 57)

Luminance 0.1392

Contrast Black 3.78:1White 5.55:1

CSS

--color-656e02: #656E02;
.background-656e02 { background-color: #656E02; }
.text-656e02 { color: #656E02; }

Luminance0.1392

Black text3.78:1AA Fail

White text5.55:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#656E02","rgb":[101,110,2],"hsl":[65,96,22],"cmyk":[8,0,98,57],"luminance":0.1392,"contrast":{"black":3.78,"white":5.55}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.78,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.55,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#121400","hex":"#121400","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.13,"contrastWhite":18.65,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0B026E","hex":"#0B026E","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.25,"contrastWhite":16.83,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#B8C804","hex":"#B8C804","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.3,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#6E4102","hex":"#6E4102","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.42,"contrastWhite":8.68,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Moss Deep","hex":"#4A5D23","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.88,"contrastWhite":7.29,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","dark","dark yellow","Avocado adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/656e02.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/avocado.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0B026E","analogous":["#6E4102","#2F6E02"],"triadic":["#02656E","#6E0265"],"tetradic":["#026E41","#0B026E","#6E022F"],"splitComplementary":["#022F6E","#41026E"],"monochromatic":["#B8C804","#656E02","#121400"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B8C804","dark":"#121400","saturated":"#677000","desaturated":"#5B620F","pastel":"#C9D917","neon":"#8C9900"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"avocado","name":"Avocado","hex":"#568203","distance":25.019992006393608},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":30.265491900843113},{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":32.51153641401772},{"slug":"scheeles-green","name":"Scheele Green","hex":"#478800","distance":39.74921382870358},{"slug":"moss-deep","name":"Moss Deep","hex":"#4A5D23","distance":45.902069670114}]

HEX meaning and use

About #656E02

#656E02 is classified as a warm yellow value with dark visual character. #656E02 is visually closest to Avocado, a named green color with HEX #568203.

The RGB channels are 101, 110, and 2, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 65deg with 96% saturation and 22% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.1392, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 25.02, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.78:1AA Fail

White text5.55:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #656E02 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.78:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.55:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#121400#FFFFFF text · best 18.65:1#121400

#0B026E#FFFFFF text · best 16.83:1#0B026E

#B8C804#000000 text · best 11.3:1#B8C804

#6E4102#FFFFFF text · best 8.68:1#6E4102

Moss Deep#FFFFFF text · best 7.29:1#4A5D23

Generated Palette

#656E02#656E02

#0B026E#0B026E

#6E4102#6E4102

#2F6E02#2F6E02

#B8C804#B8C804

#121400#121400

Color Harmonies

#0B026E#0B026E

#6E4102#6E4102

#2F6E02#2F6E02

#02656E#02656E

#6E0265#6E0265

Variants

#B8C804#B8C804

#121400#121400

#677000#677000

#5B620F#5B620F

#C9D917#C9D917

#8C9900#8C9900

Nearest Named Colors

Avocado#568203

Fern Frond#657220

Olive#808000

Scheele Green#478800

Moss Deep#4A5D23

#656E02

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #656E02

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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