#555b31

Color #555b31

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 12.69 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#555b31

RGB

rgb(85, 91, 49)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 30%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 46.2%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 46.2%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(37.18, -9.72, 23.36)

LCH

lch(37.18, 25.3, 112.59)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0627, 115.62)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 19.2%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#37315b

Analogous

#5b4c31

#555b31

#405b31

Triadic

#555b31

#31555b

#5b3155

Split-complementary

#555b31

#31405b

#4c315b

Tetradic

#555b31

#315b37

#37315b

#5b3155

Square

#555b31

#315b4c

#37315b

#5b3140

Shades

Color #555b31 mixed toward black.

#474c29

#393d21

#2b2e19

#1c1e10

#0e0f08

Tints

Color #555b31 mixed toward white.

#7b8347

#9ea95f

#b6be87

#cfd4af

#e7e9d7

Tones

Color #555b31 mixed toward gray.

#535835

#505438

#4e513c

#4b4d3f

#494a43

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.93:1

White text reads better on this background (7.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#58583e · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#575741 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#554749 · ΔE 24.9

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555b31;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555b31]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555b31 (#555b31) is rgb(85, 91, 49) in RGB.

No, #555b31 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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