#656255

Color #656255

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#656255

RGB

rgb(101, 98, 85)

HSL

hsl(48.8, 8.6%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.8, 15.8%, 39.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3%, 15.8%, 60.4%)

LAB

lab(41.47, -1.31, 7.83)

LCH

lch(41.47, 7.94, 99.5)

OKLCH

oklch(49.5%, 0.0204, 96.46)

HWB

hwb(48.8, 33.3%, 60.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#555865

Analogous

#655a55

#656255

#606555

Triadic

#656255

#556562

#625565

Split-complementary

#656255

#556065

#5a5565

Tetradic

#656255

#586555

#555865

#625565

Square

#656255

#55655a

#555865

#655560

Shades

Color #656255 mixed toward black.

#545247

#434139

#33312b

#22211c

#11100e

Tints

Color #656255 mixed toward white.

#827f6e

#9c998a

#b5b2a7

#ceccc4

#e6e5e2

Tones

Color #656255 mixed toward gray.

#646156

#626058

#616059

#605f5a

#5e5e5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.43:1

White text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646458 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#646459 · ΔE 1.9

Tritanopia

#655b5b · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 6.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #656255;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#656255]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

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Goldenrod #daa520

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Frequently asked questions

#656255 (#656255) is rgb(101, 98, 85) in RGB.

No, #656255 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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