#655E21#655E21

#655E21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.081 H 102.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#655E21
RGB	rgb(101, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 67.3%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, -5.50, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 35.30, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% -0.018 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.081 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6444, 10.8823, 3.0310)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#655E21 #212865

analogous

#653C21 #655E21 #4A6521

triadic

#655E21 #21655E #5E2165

tetradic

#655E21 #21653C #212865 #65214A

square

#655E21 #21653C #212865 #65214A

split-complementary

#655E21 #214A65 #3C2165

monochromatic

#171508 #373312 #655E21 #938930 #C1B340

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#655E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#655E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #655E21

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##655E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##655E21	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D5751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #655e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.081 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938b5f',
    500: '#655e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #655e21;
$custom-light: #938b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#655e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47554,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#655E21

secondary

#495199

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#F9F8F5

surface

#F2F0E9

border

#CCCBC5

text

#0D0C05

muted

#7E7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #655E21

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

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