#555e1e

Color #555e1e

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 7.91 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#555e1e

RGB

rgb(85, 94, 30)

HSL

hsl(68.4, 51.6%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.4, 68.1%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 68.1%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.9, -13.34, 34.29)

LCH

lch(37.9, 36.79, 111.26)

OKLCH

oklch(46%, 0.0875, 116.77)

HWB

hwb(68.4, 11.8%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#271e5e

Analogous

#5e471e

#555e1e

#355e1e

Triadic

#555e1e

#1e555e

#5e1e55

Split-complementary

#555e1e

#1e355e

#471e5e

Tetradic

#555e1e

#1e5e27

#271e5e

#5e1e55

Square

#555e1e

#1e5e47

#271e5e

#5e1e35

Shades

Color #555e1e mixed toward black.

#474e19

#393f14

#2a2f0f

#1c1f0a

#0e1005

Tints

Color #555e1e mixed toward white.

#818f2e

#adbf3d

#c2d06d

#d7e09d

#ebefce

Tones

Color #555e1e mixed toward gray.

#515923

#4d5329

#494e2e

#464933

#424339

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595936 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#59583a · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#554345 · ΔE 29.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555e1e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555e1e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555e1e (#555e1e) is rgb(85, 94, 30) in RGB.

No, #555e1e 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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