#5a4e21

Color #5a4e21

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 19.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5a4e21

RGB

rgb(90, 78, 33)

HSL

hsl(47.4, 46.3%, 24.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.4, 63.3%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 63.3%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(33.42, -1.3, 27.98)

LCH

lch(33.42, 28.01, 92.66)

OKLCH

oklch(42.6%, 0.0651, 94.58)

HWB

hwb(47.4, 12.9%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#212d5a

Analogous

#5a3221

#5a4e21

#495a21

Triadic

#5a4e21

#215a4e

#4e215a

Split-complementary

#5a4e21

#21495a

#32215a

Tetradic

#5a4e21

#2d5a21

#212d5a

#4e215a

Square

#5a4e21

#215a32

#212d5a

#5a2149

Shades

Color #5a4e21 mixed toward black.

#4b411c

#3c3416

#2d2711

#1e1a0b

#0f0d06

Tints

Color #5a4e21 mixed toward white.

#897732

#b8a044

#cbb871

#dcd0a1

#eee7d0

Tones

Color #5a4e21 mixed toward gray.

#554b26

#50482a

#4c462f

#474334

#424039

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.55:1

White text reads better on this background (8.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555530 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#565733 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#593a3b · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a4e21;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a4e21]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#5a4e21 (#5a4e21) is rgb(90, 78, 33) in RGB.

No, #5a4e21 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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