#5a5a51

Color #5a5a51

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#5a5a51

RGB

rgb(90, 90, 81)

HSL

hsl(60, 5.3%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 10%, 35.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 10%, 64.7%)

LAB

lab(37.99, -1.82, 5.2)

LCH

lch(37.99, 5.51, 109.29)

OKLCH

oklch(46.5%, 0.0142, 106.78)

HWB

hwb(60, 31.8%, 64.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#51515a

Analogous

#5a5551

#5a5a51

#555a51

Triadic

#5a5a51

#515a5a

#5a515a

Split-complementary

#5a5a51

#51555a

#55515a

Tetradic

#5a5a51

#515a51

#51515a

#5a515a

Square

#5a5a51

#515a55

#51515a

#5a5155

Shades

Color #5a5a51 mixed toward black.

#4b4b43

#3c3c36

#2d2d28

#1e1e1b

#0f0f0d

Tints

Color #5a5a51 mixed toward white.

#78786c

#949488

#afafa6

#c9c9c3

#e4e4e1

Tones

Color #5a5a51 mixed toward gray.

#595952

#585852

#585853

#575754

#565655

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.02:1

White text reads better on this background (6.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a53 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#5a5a54 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#5a5555 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 5.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5a5a51;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a5a51]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5a5a51 (#5a5a51) is rgb(90, 90, 81) in RGB.

No, #5a5a51 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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