#5b594e

Color #5b594e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.55 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b594e

RGB

rgb(91, 89, 78)

HSL

hsl(50.8, 7.7%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.8, 14.3%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 14.3%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(37.7, -1.37, 6.66)

LCH

lch(37.7, 6.8, 101.62)

OKLCH

oklch(46.2%, 0.0175, 98.55)

HWB

hwb(50.8, 30.6%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e505b

Analogous

#5b524e

#5b594e

#565b4e

Triadic

#5b594e

#4e5b59

#594e5b

Split-complementary

#5b594e

#4e565b

#524e5b

Tetradic

#5b594e

#505b4e

#4e505b

#594e5b

Square

#5b594e

#4e5b52

#4e505b

#5b4e56

Shades

Color #5b594e mixed toward black.

#4c4a41

#3d3b34

#2d2c27

#1e1e1a

#0f0f0d

Tints

Color #5b594e mixed toward white.

#7a7768

#969385

#b0aea3

#cbc9c2

#e5e4e0

Tones

Color #5b594e mixed toward gray.

#5a584f

#595750

#585751

#575652

#555553

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.98:1

White text reads better on this background (7.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5a5a51 · ΔE 1.4

Deuteranopia

#5a5a51 · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#5b5353 · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#595959 · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b594e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b594e]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#5b594e (#5b594e) is rgb(91, 89, 78) in RGB.

No, #5b594e 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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