#5b5a38

Color #5b5a38

A muted dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 17.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5a38

RGB

rgb(91, 90, 56)

HSL

hsl(58.3, 23.8%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.3, 38.5%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 38.5%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(37.52, -5.49, 19.81)

LCH

lch(37.52, 20.56, 105.49)

OKLCH

oklch(46%, 0.051, 106.76)

HWB

hwb(58.3, 22%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#38395b

Analogous

#5b4838

#5b5a38

#4a5b38

Triadic

#5b5a38

#385b5a

#5a385b

Split-complementary

#5b5a38

#384a5b

#48385b

Tetradic

#5b5a38

#395b38

#38395b

#5a385b

Square

#5b5a38

#385b48

#38395b

#5b384a

Shades

Color #5b5a38 mixed toward black.

#4c4b2f

#3d3c25

#2d2d1c

#1e1e13

#0f0f09

Tints

Color #5b5a38 mixed toward white.

#807f4f

#a3a169

#bab98f

#d1d0b4

#e8e8da

Tones

Color #5b5a38 mixed toward gray.

#58573b

#55543e

#525241

#4f4f44

#4c4c47

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.96:1

White text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b42 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#5b5b44 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#5b494a · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5a38;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5a38]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5b5a38 (#5b5a38) is rgb(91, 90, 56) in RGB.

No, #5b5a38 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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