#55554c

Color #55554c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 10.18 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#55554c

RGB

rgb(85, 85, 76)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.6%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 10.6%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.6%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(35.89, -1.84, 5.26)

LCH

lch(35.89, 5.57, 109.28)

OKLCH

oklch(44.7%, 0.0143, 107.04)

HWB

hwb(60, 29.8%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4c4c55

Analogous

#55514c

#55554c

#51554c

Triadic

#55554c

#4c5555

#554c55

Split-complementary

#55554c

#4c5155

#514c55

Tetradic

#55554c

#4c554c

#4c4c55

#554c55

Square

#55554c

#4c5551

#4c4c55

#554c51

Shades

Color #55554c mixed toward black.

#47473f

#393933

#2b2b26

#1c1c19

#0e0e0d

Tints

Color #55554c mixed toward white.

#747468

#919184

#adada3

#c8c8c2

#e4e4e0

Tones

Color #55554c mixed toward gray.

#54544d

#54544e

#53534e

#52524f

#515150

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.79:1

White text reads better on this background (7.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55554e · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#55554f · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#555050 · ΔE 7.1

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #55554c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#55554c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#55554c (#55554c) is rgb(85, 85, 76) in RGB.

No, #55554c 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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