#5d5e55

Color #5d5e55

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 7.33 Nearest Tailwind class olive-600 #5b5b4b · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#5d5e55

RGB

rgb(93, 94, 85)

HSL

hsl(66.7, 5%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.7, 9.6%, 36.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)

LAB

lab(39.56, -2.22, 5.03)

LCH

lch(39.56, 5.5, 113.81)

OKLCH

oklch(47.8%, 0.0141, 112.03)

HWB

hwb(66.7, 33.3%, 63.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#56555e

Analogous

#5e5b55

#5d5e55

#595e55

Triadic

#5d5e55

#555d5e

#5e555d

Split-complementary

#5d5e55

#55595e

#5b555e

Tetradic

#5d5e55

#555e56

#56555e

#5e555d

Square

#5d5e55

#555e5b

#56555e

#5e5559

Shades

Color #5d5e55 mixed toward black.

#4d4e47

#3e3f39

#2e2f2b

#1f1f1c

#0f100e

Tints

Color #5d5e55 mixed toward white.

#7a7b6f

#95968b

#afb0a8

#cacbc5

#e4e5e2

Tones

Color #5d5e55 mixed toward gray.

#5c5d56

#5c5c57

#5b5c57

#5b5b58

#5a5a59

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.2:1

White text reads better on this background (6.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5d5d57 · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#5d5d58 · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#5d5959 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 5.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #5d5e55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5d5e55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#5d5e55 (#5d5e55) is rgb(93, 94, 85) in RGB.

No, #5d5e55 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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