#51533e

Color #51533e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.32 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#51533e

RGB

rgb(81, 83, 62)

HSL

hsl(65.7, 14.5%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.7, 25.3%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 25.3%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(34.57, -4.88, 12.07)

LCH

lch(34.57, 13.02, 112.01)

OKLCH

oklch(43.4%, 0.0331, 112.22)

HWB

hwb(65.7, 24.3%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#403e53

Analogous

#534a3e

#51533e

#46533e

Triadic

#51533e

#3e5153

#533e51

Split-complementary

#51533e

#3e4653

#4a3e53

Tetradic

#51533e

#3e5340

#403e53

#533e51

Square

#51533e

#3e534a

#403e53

#533e46

Shades

Color #51533e mixed toward black.

#434534

#363729

#28291f

#1b1c15

#0d0e0a

Tints

Color #51533e mixed toward white.

#737658

#949774

#aeb196

#c9cbb9

#e4e5dc

Tones

Color #51533e mixed toward gray.

#505140

#4e4f41

#4d4e43

#4b4c45

#4a4a47

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.66:1

White text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525244 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#525245 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#514849 · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 10.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #51533e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#51533e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#51533e (#51533e) is rgb(81, 83, 62) in RGB.

No, #51533e 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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