#5b5b53

Color #5b5b53

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.72 Nearest Tailwind class stone-600 #57534d · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#5b5b53

RGB

rgb(91, 91, 83)

HSL

hsl(60, 4.6%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 8.8%, 35.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.8%, 64.3%)

LAB

lab(38.43, -1.62, 4.61)

LCH

lch(38.43, 4.89, 109.36)

OKLCH

oklch(46.9%, 0.0127, 107)

HWB

hwb(60, 32.5%, 64.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#53535b

Analogous

#5b5753

#5b5b53

#575b53

Triadic

#5b5b53

#535b5b

#5b535b

Split-complementary

#5b5b53

#53575b

#57535b

Tetradic

#5b5b53

#535b53

#53535b

#5b535b

Square

#5b5b53

#535b57

#53535b

#5b5357

Shades

Color #5b5b53 mixed toward black.

#4c4c45

#3d3d37

#2d2d29

#1e1e1c

#0f0f0e

Tints

Color #5b5b53 mixed toward white.

#78786e

#94948a

#afafa7

#cacac4

#e4e4e2

Tones

Color #5b5b53 mixed toward gray.

#5a5a54

#595955

#585856

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.07:1

White text reads better on this background (6.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b55 · ΔE 1.1

Deuteranopia

#5b5b55 · ΔE 1.1

Tritanopia

#5b5757 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b5b53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b5b53]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5b5b53 (#5b5b53) is rgb(91, 91, 83) in RGB.

No, #5b5b53 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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