#555823

Color #555823

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#555823

RGB

rgb(85, 88, 35)

HSL

hsl(63.4, 43.1%, 24.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.4, 60.2%, 34.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 60.2%, 65.5%)

LAB

lab(36.05, -9.5, 29.76)

LCH

lch(36.05, 31.24, 107.7)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0747, 112.03)

HWB

hwb(63.4, 13.7%, 65.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#262358

Analogous

#584023

#555823

#3a5823

Triadic

#555823

#235558

#582355

Split-complementary

#555823

#233a58

#402358

Tetradic

#555823

#235826

#262358

#582355

Square

#555823

#235840

#262358

#58233a

Shades

Color #555823 mixed toward black.

#47491d

#393b17

#2a2c11

#1c1d0c

#0e0f06

Tints

Color #555823 mixed toward white.

#828635

#aeb448

#c3c875

#d7daa3

#ebedd1

Tones

Color #555823 mixed toward gray.

#515427

#4d4f2c

#494b30

#454635

#414239

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.81:1

White text reads better on this background (7.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#565636 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#565639 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#554042 · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 18.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #555823;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555823]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555823 (#555823) is rgb(85, 88, 35) in RGB.

No, #555823 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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