#656455#656455

#656455 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.023 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#656455
RGB	rgb(101, 100, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 9%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 15.8%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, -2.49, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 9.02, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% -0.0056 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.023 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5636, 12.5370, 10.4033)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#656455 #555665

analogous

#655C55 #656455 #5E6555

triadic

#656455 #556564 #645565

tetradic

#656455 #55655C #555665 #65555E

square

#656455 #55655C #555665 #65555E

split-complementary

#656455 #555E65 #5C5565

monochromatic

#23221D #444339 #656455 #868571 #A3A292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#656455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#656455 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #656455

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##656455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##656455	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#686260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #656455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 100, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.023 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#919084',
    500: '#656455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #656455;
$custom-light: #919084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#656455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49961,
    "c": 0.02307,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#656455

secondary

#848592

accent

#7AB276

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0C0B

muted

#7D7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #656455

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

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