Palettes / Colors / #657015

#657015 — Deep Yellow

#657015 is a yellow color we call Deep Yellow, closest to the named color DarkOliveGreen (#556B2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkolivegreen (#556B2F) — not an exact match. CSS darkolivegreen gives you #556B2F, a different color; use #657015 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#657015 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #20156F; it also sits naturally between #6F4D15 and #386F15. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 40% · Green 44% · Blue 8%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 81% · Key 56%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #657015

.text { color: #657015; }
.background { background-color: #657015; }
.border { border: 3px solid #657015; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(101, 112, 21); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 68%, 26%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #657015; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(101, 112, 21, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #657015; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(101, 112, 21, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#657015">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#657015">Div content here</div>

Shades of #657015

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #20156F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #657015: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #657015

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #657015 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #657015 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #657015?

#657015 is Deep Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 101, 112, 21). Its closest standard named color is DarkOliveGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #657015?

#657015 is RGB 101, 112, 21 — HSL 67°, 68%, 26% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 81%, 56%.

What colors go with #657015?

Its complement is #20156F; analogous partners are #6F4D15 and #386F15. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #657015 for text?

White text on #657015 has a contrast ratio of 5.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.88:1.