#535c16

Color #535c16

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 9.64 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#535c16

RGB

rgb(83, 92, 22)

HSL

hsl(67.7, 61.4%, 22.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.7, 76.1%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 76.1%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(37.02, -13.72, 36.9)

LCH

lch(37.02, 39.37, 110.4)

OKLCH

oklch(45.2%, 0.0919, 116.62)

HWB

hwb(67.7, 8.6%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f165c

Analogous

#5c4216

#535c16

#305c16

Triadic

#535c16

#16535c

#5c1653

Split-complementary

#535c16

#16305c

#42165c

Tetradic

#535c16

#165c1f

#1f165c

#5c1653

Square

#535c16

#165c42

#1f165c

#5c1630

Shades

Color #535c16 mixed toward black.

#454d12

#373d0f

#2a2e0b

#1c1f07

#0e0f04

Tints

Color #535c16 mixed toward white.

#839123

#b3c730

#c9d95f

#dbe695

#edf2ca

Tones

Color #535c16 mixed toward gray.

#4f561c

#4a5122

#464b28

#42452d

#3d3f33

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.91:1

White text reads better on this background (7.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#575732 · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#575637 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#534042 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #535c16;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#535c16]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#535c16 (#535c16) is rgb(83, 92, 22) in RGB.

No, #535c16 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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