HEX atlas value

#656E17

#656E17 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Fern Frond. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 101, 110, 23, HSL 66, 65%, 26%, has luminance 0.1398, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#656E17 Sample readable text

HEX #656E17

RGB rgb(101, 110, 23)

HSL hsl(66 65% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(8, 0, 79, 57)

Luminance 0.1398

Contrast Black 3.8:1White 5.53:1

CSS

--color-656e17: #656E17;
.background-656e17 { background-color: #656E17; }
.text-656e17 { color: #656E17; }

Luminance0.1398

Black text3.8:1AA Fail

White text5.53:1AA 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":"#656E17","rgb":[101,110,23],"hsl":[66,65,26],"cmyk":[8,0,79,57],"luminance":0.1398,"contrast":{"black":3.8,"white":5.53}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.8,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":5.53,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#1F2207","hex":"#1F2207","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.29,"contrastWhite":16.28,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#20176D","hex":"#20176D","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.4,"contrastWhite":14.96,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#ABB927","hex":"#ABB927","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.7,"contrastWhite":2.16,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#6D4B17","hex":"#6D4B17","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.67,"contrastWhite":7.87,"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","balanced","balanced yellow","Fern Frond adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/656e17.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-olive-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/avocado.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#20176D","analogous":["#6D4B17","#3A6D17"],"triadic":["#17656D","#6D1765"],"tetradic":["#176D4B","#20176D","#6D173A"],"splitComplementary":["#173A6D","#4B176D"],"monochromatic":["#ABB927","#656E17","#1F2207"]}

Variants

{"light":"#ABB927","dark":"#1F2207","saturated":"#707C09","desaturated":"#595F26","pastel":"#B4C144","neon":"#9CAD00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":9.848857801796104},{"slug":"dark-olive-green","name":"Dark Olive Green","hex":"#556B2F","distance":29},{"slug":"avocado","name":"Avocado","hex":"#568203","distance":32.01562118716424},{"slug":"moss-deep","name":"Moss Deep","hex":"#4A5D23","distance":34.08812109811862},{"slug":"olive-drab","name":"Olive Drab","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":34.698703145794944}]

HEX meaning and use

About #656E17

#656E17 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #656E17 is visually closest to Fern Frond, a named green color with HEX #657220.

The RGB channels are 101, 110, and 23, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 66deg with 65% saturation and 26% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-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 highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.1398, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 9.85, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.8:1AA Fail

White text5.53:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #656E17 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.8:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF5.53:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#1F2207#FFFFFF text · best 16.28:1#1F2207

#20176D#FFFFFF text · best 14.96:1#20176D

#ABB927#000000 text · best 9.7:1#ABB927

#6D4B17#FFFFFF text · best 7.87:1#6D4B17

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

Generated Palette

#656E17#656E17

#20176D#20176D

#6D4B17#6D4B17

#3A6D17#3A6D17

#ABB927#ABB927

#1F2207#1F2207

Color Harmonies

#20176D#20176D

#6D4B17#6D4B17

#3A6D17#3A6D17

#17656D#17656D

#6D1765#6D1765

Variants

#ABB927#ABB927

#1F2207#1F2207

#707C09#707C09

#595F26#595F26

#B4C144#B4C144

#9CAD00#9CAD00

Nearest Named Colors

Fern Frond#657220

Dark Olive Green#556B2F

Avocado#568203

Moss Deep#4A5D23

Olive Drab#6B8E23

#656E17

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #656E17

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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