#5b5b4f

Color #5b5b4f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5b4f

RGB

rgb(91, 91, 79)

HSL

hsl(60, 7.1%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 13.2%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.2%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(38.32, -2.39, 6.93)

LCH

lch(38.32, 7.33, 109.03)

OKLCH

oklch(46.8%, 0.0188, 106.99)

HWB

hwb(60, 31%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f4f5b

Analogous

#5b554f

#5b5b4f

#555b4f

Triadic

#5b5b4f

#4f5b5b

#5b4f5b

Split-complementary

#5b5b4f

#4f555b

#554f5b

Tetradic

#5b5b4f

#4f5b4f

#4f4f5b

#5b4f5b

Square

#5b5b4f

#4f5b55

#4f4f5b

#5b4f55

Shades

Color #5b5b4f mixed toward black.

#4c4c42

#3d3d35

#2d2d27

#1e1e1a

#0f0f0d

Tints

Color #5b5b4f mixed toward white.

#797969

#969686

#b0b0a4

#cacac2

#e5e5e1

Tones

Color #5b5b4f mixed toward gray.

#5a5a50

#595951

#585852

#575753

#565654

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.05:1

White text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b52 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#5b5b53 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#5b5455 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 6.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5b4f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5b4f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5b5b4f (#5b5b4f) is rgb(91, 91, 79) in RGB.

No, #5b5b4f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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