diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 6bbe65b6..7b0f97ce 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 		"yoavbls.pretty-ts-errors",
 		"bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss",
 		"unifiedjs.vscode-mdx",
-		"github.vscode-github-actions"
+		"github.vscode-github-actions",
+		"aaron-bond.better-comments"
 	]
 }
diff --git a/lib/utils.ts b/lib/utils.ts
index 80dacd8e..e2f1a6be 100644
--- a/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/utils.ts
@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ function token(
 
 	if (eq(typeof color, "string"))
 		// @ts-ignore:
-		result = eq(typeof color, "number")
-			? num2c()
-			: parseToken(c2str(), "rgb");
+		result = (typeof color === "number"
+			&& num2c())
+			|| parseToken(c2str(), "rgb");
 
 
 	// @ts-ignore:
diff --git a/test.ts b/test.ts
index e9b62aeb..ab77bdd4 100644
--- a/test.ts
+++ b/test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { diverging, sortBy, filterBy, stats, colors } from "./lib/index.ts";
 import { mc, token } from "./lib/utils.ts";
 
 // console.log(stats(colors('all', '600'), {
-//     factor: ['chroma', 'hue'], colorspace: 'lch'
+//     factor: ['chroma', 'hue'], colorspace: 'lch'zzzzzzz
 // }))
 
 
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import { mc, token } from "./lib/utils.ts";
 
 
 //console.info(sortBy(['purple', 'blue'], { relative: true, factor: ['chroma', 'hue'] }))
+// * fix this
+// ! fix this
+// ? fix this
+// todo
 
 //console.log(mc('rgb.b')(['rgb', 0.4, 0.3, 0.1]))
 console.log(mc('lch.h')({ r: 0.2, g: 0.4, b: 0.5, mode: 'rgb' }))
diff --git a/tests/utils.test.ts b/tests/utils.test.ts
index 1e4c6826..1a2dfc71 100644
--- a/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import runner, { type Spec } from "./runner.ts";
 
 
 
-const str = '#ffc300', arr = ['rgb', 0.4, 0.3, 0.1], obj = { r: 0.2, g: 0.4, b: 0.5, mode: 'rgb' }, fn_mc = (a: string, b: string) => mc(a)(b)
+const str = '#ffc3003f', arr = ['rgb', 0.4, 0.3, 0.1, 0.7], obj = { r: 0.2, g: 0.4, b: 0.5, mode: 'rgb' }, fn_mc = (a: string, b: string) => mc(a)(b)
 const specs: Spec[] = [{
     description: "converts an object to a number",
     callback: token,
@@ -16,19 +16,19 @@ const specs: Spec[] = [{
     params: [str, { kind: 'arr', targetMode: 'lab' }]
 },
 {
-    description: "converts an array to a hex string",
+    description: "converts an array to a 6 character hex string (without the alpha channel). ",
     callback: token,
-    params: [arr, { kind: 'str' }]
+    params: [arr, { kind: 'str', omitAlpha: true }]
 },
 {
-    description: "converts an array to an object",
+    description: "converts an array to an object without alpha and mode properties",
     callback: token,
-    params: [arr, { kind: 'obj' }]
+    params: [arr, { kind: 'obj', omitMode: true, omitAlpha: true }]
 },
 {
-    description: "converts an object to an array",
+    description: "converts an object to an array of channel values with no mode string.",
     callback: token,
-    params: [obj, { kind: 'arr' }]
+    params: [obj, { kind: 'arr', omitMode: true }]
 },
 {
     description: "converts an array to a number",
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ const specs: Spec[] = [{
     description: 'gets the channel value of a color object',
     callback: fn_mc,
     params: ['lch.l', obj]
+}, {
+    description: 'sets the channel value of a color object',
+    callback: fn_mc,
+    params: ['lch.h', obj, '*0.2']
 }
 ];