#595e2e

Color #595e2e

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 10.41 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#595e2e

RGB

rgb(89, 94, 46)

HSL

hsl(66.3, 34.3%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.3, 51.1%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 51.1%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(38.42, -9.97, 26.67)

LCH

lch(38.42, 28.47, 110.5)

OKLCH

oklch(46.6%, 0.0696, 113.99)

HWB

hwb(66.3, 18%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#332e5e

Analogous

#5e4b2e

#595e2e

#415e2e

Triadic

#595e2e

#2e595e

#5e2e59

Split-complementary

#595e2e

#2e415e

#4b2e5e

Tetradic

#595e2e

#2e5e33

#332e5e

#5e2e59

Square

#595e2e

#2e5e4b

#332e5e

#5e2e41

Shades

Color #595e2e mixed toward black.

#4a4e26

#3b3f1f

#2d2f17

#1e1f0f

#0f1008

Tints

Color #595e2e mixed toward white.

#808842

#a5ae59

#bcc283

#d2d7ac

#e9ebd6

Tones

Color #595e2e mixed toward gray.

#565a32

#535636

#50523a

#4c4e3e

#494a42

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b3e · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#5b5b41 · ΔE 6.6

Tritanopia

#594849 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 18

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #595e2e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#595e2e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#595e2e (#595e2e) is rgb(89, 94, 46) in RGB.

No, #595e2e 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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