#655B23#655B23

#655B23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.076 H 99.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#655B23
RGB	rgb(101, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.3%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, -3.59, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 33.12, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(46.86% -0.0123 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(46.86% 0.077 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4117, 10.3706, 3.0958)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#655B23 #232D65

analogous

#653A23 #655B23 #4E6523

triadic

#655B23 #23655B #5B2365

tetradic

#655B23 #23653A #232D65 #65234E

square

#655B23 #23653A #232D65 #65234E

split-complementary

#655B23 #234E65 #3A2365

monochromatic

#171408 #383213 #655B23 #928433 #BEAC44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#655B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#655B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #655B23

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##655B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##655B23	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64591D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D544F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #655b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.076 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938960',
    500: '#655b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #655b23;
$custom-light: #938960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#655b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 48.529,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4686,
    "c": 0.0765,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#655B23

secondary

#4B5799

accent

#64D850

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2EFEA

border

#CCCAC6

text

#0D0B05

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #655B23

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

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