#505240

Color #505240

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#505240

RGB

rgb(80, 82, 64)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 12.3%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 22%, 32.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 22%, 67.8%)

LAB

lab(34.21, -4.37, 10.33)

LCH

lch(34.21, 11.22, 112.93)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.0286, 112.8)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 25.1%, 67.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424052

Analogous

#524b40

#505240

#475240

Triadic

#505240

#405052

#524050

Split-complementary

#505240

#404752

#4b4052

Tetradic

#505240

#405242

#424052

#524050

Square

#505240

#40524b

#424052

#524047

Shades

Color #505240 mixed toward black.

#434435

#35372b

#282920

#1b1b15

#0d0e0b

Tints

Color #505240 mixed toward white.

#71745b

#919577

#adaf99

#c8cabb

#e4e4dd

Tones

Color #505240 mixed toward gray.

#4f5041

#4e4f43

#4c4d44

#4b4c46

#4a4a47

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.62:1

White text reads better on this background (8.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515145 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#515146 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#504849 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 9.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #505240;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#505240]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#505240 (#505240) is rgb(80, 82, 64) in RGB.

No, #505240 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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