#555c22

Color #555c22

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#555c22

RGB

rgb(85, 92, 34)

HSL

hsl(67.2, 46%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.2, 63%, 36.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 63%, 63.9%)

LAB

lab(37.3, -11.89, 31.68)

LCH

lch(37.3, 33.84, 110.57)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.081, 115.46)

HWB

hwb(67.2, 13.3%, 63.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#29225c

Analogous

#5c4622

#555c22

#385c22

Triadic

#555c22

#22555c

#5c2255

Split-complementary

#555c22

#22385c

#46225c

Tetradic

#555c22

#225c29

#29225c

#5c2255

Square

#555c22

#225c46

#29225c

#5c2238

Shades

Color #555c22 mixed toward black.

#474d1c

#393d17

#2b2e11

#1c1f0b

#0e0f06

Tints

Color #555c22 mixed toward white.

#808b33

#abb945

#c1cb73

#d5dca2

#eaeed0

Tones

Color #555c22 mixed toward gray.

#515727

#4e522c

#4a4d30

#464935

#43443a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.94:1

White text reads better on this background (7.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#585837 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#58573b · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#554345 · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555c22;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555c22]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555c22 (#555c22) is rgb(85, 92, 34) in RGB.

No, #555c22 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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