#555740

Color #555740

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 16.34 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#555740

RGB

rgb(85, 87, 64)

HSL

hsl(65.2, 15.2%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.2, 26.4%, 34.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 26.4%, 65.9%)

LAB

lab(36.21, -5.2, 13.14)

LCH

lch(36.21, 14.13, 111.59)

OKLCH

oklch(44.8%, 0.0358, 111.98)

HWB

hwb(65.2, 25.1%, 65.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424057

Analogous

#574d40

#555740

#495740

Triadic

#555740

#405557

#574055

Split-complementary

#555740

#404957

#4d4057

Tetradic

#555740

#405742

#424057

#574055

Square

#555740

#40574d

#424057

#574049

Shades

Color #555740 mixed toward black.

#474835

#393a2b

#2a2b20

#1c1d15

#0e0e0b

Tints

Color #555740 mixed toward white.

#777959

#969a75

#b1b398

#cbccba

#e5e6dd

Tones

Color #555740 mixed toward gray.

#535542

#525344

#505146

#4f4f48

#4d4d4a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565646 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#565648 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#554b4c · ΔE 16.4

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 11.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #555740;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555740]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555740 (#555740) is rgb(85, 87, 64) in RGB.

No, #555740 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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