#655E17#655E17

#655E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.089 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#655E17
RGB	rgb(101, 94, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 77.2%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, -6.12, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 39.74, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% -0.0209 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.089 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5246, 10.8344, 2.4000)
Luminance	0.1083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#655E17 #171E65

analogous

#653717 #655E17 #456517

triadic

#655E17 #17655E #5E1765

tetradic

#655E17 #176537 #171E65 #651745

square

#655E17 #176537 #171E65 #651745

split-complementary

#655E17 #174565 #371765

monochromatic

#191706 #33300C #655E17 #978C22 #C9BB2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#655E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#655E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #655E17

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##655E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##655E17	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D5750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #655e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 94, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.089 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948b5a',
    500: '#655e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #655e17;
$custom-light: #948b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#655e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47463,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#655E17

secondary

#3C459B

accent

#51E642

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0D0B04

muted

#7E7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #655E17

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

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