#555b1a

Color #555b1a

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 9.8 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#555b1a

RGB

rgb(85, 91, 26)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 55.6%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 71.4%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(36.91, -11.95, 35.11)

LCH

lch(36.91, 37.09, 108.8)

OKLCH

oklch(45.2%, 0.0869, 114.41)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 10.2%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#201a5b

Analogous

#5b401a

#555b1a

#345b1a

Triadic

#555b1a

#1a555b

#5b1a55

Split-complementary

#555b1a

#1a345b

#401a5b

Tetradic

#555b1a

#1a5b20

#201a5b

#5b1a55

Square

#555b1a

#1a5b40

#201a5b

#5b1a34

Shades

Color #555b1a mixed toward black.

#474c16

#393d11

#2a2d0d

#1c1e09

#0e0f04

Tints

Color #555b1a mixed toward white.

#858e28

#b4c137

#c9d366

#dbe299

#edf0cc

Tones

Color #555b1a mixed toward gray.

#50551f

#4c5025

#484b2a

#434530

#3f4035

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.9:1

White text reads better on this background (7.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585833 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#575737 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#554042 · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555b1a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555b1a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555b1a (#555b1a) is rgb(85, 91, 26) in RGB.

No, #555b1a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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