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Colour

#655A15

  • #655A15
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#655A15 is a yellow with RGB values 101, 90, 21 and HSL 52°, 66%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#655A15#655A15
HEX#655A15
RGBrgb(101, 90, 21)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.3529, 0.0824
RGB percentages39.6%, 35.3%, 8.2%
HSLhsl(51.8, 65.6%, 23.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 79.2%, 39.6%)
CMYK0%, 10.9%, 79.2%, 60.4%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,642,197
CSS custom property--colour: #655A15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.94:1
Contrast with white6.94:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#9AA5EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#635708no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#665B1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#6D534Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 17.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#152065
Analogous#653215, #486515
Triadic#15655A, #5A1565
Split complementary#154865, #321565
Tetradic#156532, #152065, #651548

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#DFCF67
Lighter +30%#D7C13C
Lighter +20%#B9A527
Lighter +10%#8F801E
Darker −10%#3B340C
Darker −20%#110F03
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#746506
Less saturated −25%#564F24

Channel breakdown

R101
G90
B21
Red101 (39.6%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue21 (8.2%)
Hue51.75°
Saturation (HSL)65.57%
Lightness23.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 65 · G 5A · B 15

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