#53534b

Color #53534b

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#53534b

RGB

rgb(83, 83, 75)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.1%, 31%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 9.6%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.6%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(35.07, -1.65, 4.69)

LCH

lch(35.07, 4.97, 109.38)

OKLCH

oklch(44%, 0.0127, 106.87)

HWB

hwb(60, 29.4%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4b4b53

Analogous

#534f4b

#53534b

#4f534b

Triadic

#53534b

#4b5353

#534b53

Split-complementary

#53534b

#4b4f53

#4f4b53

Tetradic

#53534b

#4b534b

#4b4b53

#534b53

Square

#53534b

#4b534f

#4b4b53

#534b4f

Shades

Color #53534b mixed toward black.

#45453f

#373732

#2a2a26

#1c1c19

#0e0e0d

Tints

Color #53534b mixed toward white.

#727267

#909084

#acaca3

#c7c7c1

#e3e3e0

Tones

Color #53534b mixed toward gray.

#52524c

#51514d

#50504e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.71:1

White text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#53534d · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#53534e · ΔE 1.7

Tritanopia

#534f4f · ΔE 6.1

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 4.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #53534b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#53534b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#53534b (#53534b) is rgb(83, 83, 75) in RGB.

No, #53534b 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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