#5b4522

Color #5b4522

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 26.96 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-900 #733e0a · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b4522

RGB

rgb(91, 69, 34)

HSL

hsl(36.8, 45.6%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.8, 62.6%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 62.6%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(30.87, 4.84, 24.49)

LCH

lch(30.87, 24.96, 78.82)

OKLCH

oklch(40.6%, 0.0589, 77.45)

HWB

hwb(36.8, 13.3%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#22385b

Analogous

#5b2822

#5b4522

#555b22

Triadic

#5b4522

#225b45

#45225b

Split-complementary

#5b4522

#22555b

#28225b

Tetradic

#5b4522

#385b22

#22385b

#45225b

Square

#5b4522

#225b28

#22385b

#5b2255

Shades

Color #5b4522 mixed toward black.

#4c391c

#3d2e17

#2d2211

#1e170b

#0f0b06

Tints

Color #5b4522 mixed toward white.

#8a6833

#b88c45

#cba973

#dcc5a2

#eee2d0

Tones

Color #5b4522 mixed toward gray.

#564427

#51432b

#4d4230

#484135

#43403a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.32:1

White text reads better on this background (9.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#52522d · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#545530 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#5a3436 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#494949 · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b4522;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b4522]

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Frequently asked questions

#5b4522 (#5b4522) is rgb(91, 69, 34) in RGB.

No, #5b4522 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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