#5b5a12

Color #5b5a12

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 13.83 Nearest Tailwind class lime-900 #35530e · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5a12

RGB

rgb(91, 90, 18)

HSL

hsl(59.2, 67%, 21.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.2, 80.2%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 80.2%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(37.08, -8.94, 38.78)

LCH

lch(37.08, 39.8, 102.98)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0898, 108.7)

HWB

hwb(59.2, 7.1%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#12135b

Analogous

#5b3612

#5b5a12

#385b12

Triadic

#5b5a12

#125b5a

#5a125b

Split-complementary

#5b5a12

#12385b

#36125b

Tetradic

#5b5a12

#135b12

#12135b

#5a125b

Square

#5b5a12

#125b36

#12135b

#5b1238

Shades

Color #5b5a12 mixed toward black.

#4c4b0f

#3d3c0c

#2e2d09

#1e1e06

#0f0f03

Tints

Color #5b5a12 mixed toward white.

#93911d

#cbc928

#dedc58

#e9e88f

#f4f3c7

Tones

Color #5b5a12 mixed toward gray.

#555418

#4f4e1e

#494824

#43422a

#3d3d30

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.92:1

White text reads better on this background (7.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b30 · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#5b5b34 · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#5b3e40 · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5a12;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5a12]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5b5a12 (#5b5a12) is rgb(91, 90, 18) in RGB.

No, #5b5a12 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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