#535540

Color #535540

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 15.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#535540

RGB

rgb(83, 85, 64)

HSL

hsl(65.7, 14.1%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.7, 24.7%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 24.7%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(35.41, -4.87, 12.02)

LCH

lch(35.41, 12.97, 112.06)

OKLCH

oklch(44.2%, 0.0329, 112.12)

HWB

hwb(65.7, 25.1%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424055

Analogous

#554c40

#535540

#485540

Triadic

#535540

#405355

#554053

Split-complementary

#535540

#404855

#4c4055

Tetradic

#535540

#405542

#424055

#554053

Square

#535540

#40554c

#424055

#554048

Shades

Color #535540 mixed toward black.

#454735

#37392b

#292a20

#1c1c15

#0e0e0b

Tints

Color #535540 mixed toward white.

#74775a

#949876

#afb198

#cacbba

#e4e5dd

Tones

Color #535540 mixed toward gray.

#525342

#505143

#4f5045

#4d4e47

#4c4c49

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.74:1

White text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545446 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#545447 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#534a4b · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 10.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #535540;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#535540]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#535540 (#535540) is rgb(83, 85, 64) in RGB.

No, #535540 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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