#655B17#655B17

#655B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.086 H 100.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#655B17
RGB	rgb(101, 91, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 77.2%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.40, -4.37, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.40, 38.64, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% -0.016 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.086 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2630, 10.3112, 2.3128)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#655B17 #172165

analogous

#653417 #655B17 #486517

triadic

#655B17 #17655B #5B1765

tetradic

#655B17 #176534 #172165 #651748

square

#655B17 #176534 #172165 #651748

split-complementary

#655B17 #174865 #341765

monochromatic

#191606 #332E0C #655B17 #978822 #C9B52E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#655B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#655B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #655B17

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##655B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##655B17	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64580B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D544E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #655b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 91, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.086 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948959',
    500: '#655b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #655b17;
$custom-light: #948959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#655b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46744,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#655B17

secondary

#3C499B

accent

#57E642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFE9

border

#CCCAC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #655B17

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

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