#555e25

Color #555e25

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 7.44 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#555e25

RGB

rgb(85, 94, 37)

HSL

hsl(69.5, 43.5%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.5, 60.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 60.6%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(37.97, -12.74, 30.9)

LCH

lch(37.97, 33.42, 112.41)

OKLCH

oklch(46.1%, 0.0807, 117.2)

HWB

hwb(69.5, 14.5%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2e255e

Analogous

#5e4b25

#555e25

#395e25

Triadic

#555e25

#25555e

#5e2555

Split-complementary

#555e25

#25395e

#4b255e

Tetradic

#555e25

#255e2e

#2e255e

#5e2555

Square

#555e25

#255e4b

#2e255e

#5e2539

Shades

Color #555e25 mixed toward black.

#474e1f

#393f19

#2b2f13

#1c1f0c

#0e1006

Tints

Color #555e25 mixed toward white.

#7e8b37

#a6b84a

#bcc977

#d3dba4

#e9edd2

Tones

Color #555e25 mixed toward gray.

#52592a

#4f552f

#4b5033

#484b38

#45463d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.01:1

White text reads better on this background (6.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595939 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#59583d · ΔE 8.5

Tritanopia

#554547 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #555e25;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555e25]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#555e25 (#555e25) is rgb(85, 94, 37) in RGB.

No, #555e25 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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