#5b661b

Color #5b661b

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 9.15 Nearest Tailwind class lime-800 #3c6300 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#5b661b

RGB

rgb(91, 102, 27)

HSL

hsl(68.8, 58.1%, 25.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.8, 73.5%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 73.5%, 60%)

LAB

lab(40.91, -15.18, 38.89)

LCH

lch(40.91, 41.75, 111.32)

OKLCH

oklch(48.5%, 0.0981, 117.43)

HWB

hwb(68.8, 10.6%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#261b66

Analogous

#664c1b

#5b661b

#36661b

Triadic

#5b661b

#1b5b66

#661b5b

Split-complementary

#5b661b

#1b3666

#4c1b66

Tetradic

#5b661b

#1b6626

#261b66

#661b5b

Square

#5b661b

#1b664c

#261b66

#661b36

Shades

Color #5b661b mixed toward black.

#4c5517

#3d4412

#2e330e

#1e2209

#0f1105

Tints

Color #5b661b mixed toward white.

#889828

#b4ca36

#c7d768

#dae49b

#ecf2cd

Tones

Color #5b661b mixed toward gray.

#576021

#525a28

#4e532e

#494d34

#45473a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606039 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#5f5e3e · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#5c474a · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5b661b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5b661b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5b661b (#5b661b) is rgb(91, 102, 27) in RGB.

No, #5b661b 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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